On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or The preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life / by Charles Darwin.

  • Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.
Date:
1869
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Credit: On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or The preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life / by Charles Darwin. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Kditil P;iK< xvii 8 41 103 117 114 148 1Г)7 2Г)1) 297 324 327 330 343 344 347 ЗГ)3 370 371 394 417 432 432 442 ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS. Fifth Edition. J'age xvii 8 45 104 120 14G 150-157 1G5 2GG-2(;7 304 331 333 33G 349 352-354 355 302 379 380 402 424 439 440 451-4G1 Chief Additions and Corrections. The account of Professor Owen's views on Species corrected. On tl le causes of Variability. Limit of variation under donjestication. On tlie great importance of individual differences, and on the unimportance of bingle variations. Wagner Moritz on the importance of isolation in the formation of species. Fritz МйИег on the lancelet not competing with higher fishes. The views of Bronn and Nägeli on characters which are important under a morphological point of view, but are unimportant pliysiologicall}', not being acted on through natural selection. Causes of Variability correcte d. Additions on the instincts of the cuckoo. Additional cases of plants, which can be crossed by a distinct species, but are imputent with pollen from the same individual phint. Discussion on dimorphic and trimorphic plants cor¬ rected. Conclusions on the fertilily of varieties when crossed, in contrast species, corrected. Infertility of varieties of Veibascum when crossed. On subaerial denudation. On the rate of suba(!rial denudation, as measured by years, and on the probable rate of change of spe(!Ìes. Ab.sence of organic remains in certain great sedi¬ mentary formations. Intermediate varieties within the same formation. Age of the world in a habitable condition. On a monocotyledonous plant in the Cambrian formation. Gaudry, Professor, on the intermediate character of the fossil mammals of Attica; and Professor Huxley on the connecting forms between birds and rei)tiles. Ginither, Dr., on the large proportion of fishes in common on opposite sides of the isthmus of Panama. Locusts transporting seeds. On a living seed in earth attached to a woodcock's leg. Mr. Croll on the alternate Glacial periods of the northern and southern hemis})ht res ; and the bearing of this conclusion on geographical dis¬ tribution.