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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.

  • Synapta, 258.
  • TACHORNIS phœnicobea, 228.
  • Tachyris hombronii, 172; ithome, 172; lycaste, 172; lyncida, 172; nephele, 172; nero, 172; zarinda, 172.
  • Tanagridæ, sexual colouring and nidification of, 245.
  • Tapir, 299.
  • Telephori, similar colouring of two sexes, 114.
  • Temperate and cold climates favourable to civilization, 318.
  • Thecodontia, 299.
  • Therates, mimicked by Heteromera, 95.
  • Thyca descombesi, 172; hyparete, 172; rosenbergii, 172; zebuda, 172.
  • Tiger, adaptive colouring of, 52.
  • Times newspaper on Natural Selection, 296.
  • Tools, importance of, to man, 314.
  • Tree frogs, probable mimicry by, 103.
  • Tricondyla, 97.
  • Trimen, Mr., on rank of the Papilionidæ, 136.
  • Tristram, Rev. H., on colours of desert animals, 50.
  • Trochilium tipuliforme, 90.
  • Trogonidæ, sexual colouring and nidification of, 241.
  • Tropical birds often green, 52.
  • Tropics, most favourable to production of perfect adaptation among animals, 68; not favourable to growth of civilization, 318.
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