. Hardwicke's science-gossip : an illustrated medium of interchange and gossip for students and lovers of nature . ON ANIMAL BEAUTY. By Dr. P. Q. KEEGAN. [Continuedfrom p. 64.]. N the next place, thebeauty of colour inanimals claims ourattention. The beauty of form is,as we have seen,referable to the in-ternal skeleton, themuscular and fattytissue ; but it wouldappear that theblood, the skin,and the liver areprincipally con-cerned in the pro-duction of organictint and hue. Thisspecies of beautyis in its effect moresensuous and lessintellectual, thanthe beauty of form. Nothing can exceed the lo
. Hardwicke's science-gossip : an illustrated medium of interchange and gossip for students and lovers of nature . ON ANIMAL BEAUTY. By Dr. P. Q. KEEGAN. [Continuedfrom p. 64.]. N the next place, thebeauty of colour inanimals claims ourattention. The beauty of form is,as we have seen,referable to the in-ternal skeleton, themuscular and fattytissue ; but it wouldappear that theblood, the skin,and the liver areprincipally con-cerned in the pro-duction of organictint and hue. Thisspecies of beautyis in its effect moresensuous and lessintellectual, thanthe beauty of form. Nothing can exceed the loveliness,the gorgeous colouring of the humming-birds, thesun-birds, many fishes, the trogons, Buprestidse, produced by the fibres, and the depositionfrom the blood of distinct pigments, are the twoimmediate sources of animal colours. The chemicalconstituents of the blood, its activity and richness,and above all the oxygen with which it is saturated,contribute to their production; and frequently thetransparency of the tissues imparts thereto a fairy-likeaspect which is inexpressibly charming. In discussingthe subject of form we have observed how it is that
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