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Colouration in animals and plants (1886)

Tylor, Alfred, 1824-1884, Skertchly, Sydney B. J. (Sydney Barber Josiah), 1850-1927 · London : Printed by Alabaster, Passmore and Sons · leaf 26

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rstood. Seeing, then, how infinitely varied is colouration, and howpotently selection has modified it, the question may be asked, Is * Wallace, Tropical Nature, p. 20(3. f Op. cit., p. 206. Introduction. it possible to find any general system or law which has determinedthe main plan of decoration,… … CHAPTER II. Inherited Memory. MANY of our observations seemed to suggest a quasi-intelligentaction on the part of the beings under examination; and wewere led, early in the course of our studies, to adopt provisionally thehypothesis that memory was inherited—that the whole was con-sequently wiser…

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