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nydus/Contributions to the Theory of Natural SelectionPublic

This volume collects essays written by Alfred Russel Wallace regarding his independent discovery and development of the theory of natural selection. The author provides corrected and expanded versions of his previous scientific writings to demonstrate the scope and application of his findings.

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Table of Contents

INDEX.

  • Houses of American and Malay races contrasted, 213.
  • Huxley, Professor, on “Physical Basis of Life,” 362; on volition, 368.
  • Hyænictis, 300.
  • Hybernia, wintry colours of this genus, 62.
  • Hymenoptera, large number of, peculiar to Celebes, 196.
  • Icteridæ, sexual colouring and nidification of, 244.
  • Icthyopterygia, 298.
  • Ideopsis daos, 180.
  • Imitation, the effects of, in man’s works, 212.
  • Indians, how they travel through trackless forests, 207.
  • Insects, protective colouring of, 56; mimicking species of other orders, 97; senses of, perhaps different from ours, 202, 203.
  • Instinct, how it may be best studied, 201; definition of, 203; in many cases assumed without proof, 205; if possessed by man, 206; supposed, of Indians, 207; supposed to be shown in the construction of birds’ nests, 211.
  • Intellect of savages compared with that of animals, 341.
  • Intellectual power, range of, in man, 339.
  • Iphias glaucippe, 172.
  • Ithomia, mimicked by Leptalis, 83.
  • Ithomia ilerdina, mimicked by four groups of Lepidoptera, 84.
  • Java, relations of, to Sumatra and Borneo, 193.
  • Jamaica swift altering position of nest, 228.
  • Jerdon, Mr., on incubation by males in Turnix, 115.
  • Kallima inachis and Kallima paralekta, wonderful resemblance of, to leaves, 59-61.
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