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Title: The descent of man : and selection in relation to sex
Identifier: descentofmanseledarw (find matches)
Year: 1874 (1870s)
Authors: Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882
Subjects: Evolution; Natural selection; Heredity; Human beings
Publisher: New York : Merrill and Baker
Contributing Library: Boston College Libraries
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382 THE DESCENT OF MAN. tlie head is bald, "and of a rich cobalt blue, crossed by several "lines of black velvety feathers."'* Male humming-birds (figs. 48 and 49) almost vie with birds of paradise in their beauty, as every one will admit who has seen
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Fig. 48. Lophornls ornatus, male and female (from Brehm). Mr. Gould's splendid volumes, or his rich collection. It is very remarkable in how many different ways these birds are orna- mented. Almost every part of their plumage has been taken advantage of, and modified; and the modifications have been carried, as Mr. Gould showed me, to a wonderful extreme in some species belonging to nearly every sub-group. Such cases are 71 Wallace, 'The Malay Archipelago,' vol. ii. 1869, p. 405.

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  • booksubject:Evolution
  • booksubject:Natural_selection
  • booksubject:Heredity
  • booksubject:Human_beings
  • bookpublisher:New_York_Merrill_and_Baker
  • bookcontributor:Boston_College_Libraries
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