Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection / A Series of Essays

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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE THEORY OF NATURAL SELECTION. A Series of Essays. BY ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE, AUTHOR OF “THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO,” ETC., ETC. PREFACE. 0:00
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION. 7:51
I. ON THE LAW WHICH HAS REGULATED THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW SPECIES. 8:19
II. ON THE TENDENCY OF VARIETIES TO DEPART INDEFINITELY FROM THE ORIGINAL TYPE. 40:35
III. MIMICRY, AND OTHER PROTECTIVE RESEMBLANCES AMONG ANIMALS. 1:03:49
IV. THE MALAYAN PAPILIONIDÆ OR SWALLOW-TAILED BUTTERFLIES, AS ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE THEORY OF NATURAL SELECTION. 3:00:47
V. ON INSTINCT IN MAN AND ANIMALS. 4:36:19
VI. THE PHILOSOPHY OF BIRDS’ NESTS. 4:48:58
VII. A THEORY OF BIRDS’ NESTS; Showing the relation of certain differences of colour in Female Birds, to their mode of Nidification. 5:21:03
VIII. CREATION BY LAW. 6:07:00
IX. THE DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN RACES UNDER THE LAW OF NATURAL SELECTION. 6:58:33
X. THE LIMITS OF NATURAL SELECTION AS APPLIED TO MAN. 7:36:53
NOTES. 8:30:33
INDEX. 8:36:40