. The descent of man : and selection in relation to sex. Evolution; Natural selection; Heredity; Human beings. MAMMALS—SPOTS AND STRIPES. §39 Oddly colored, a large oblong -v^hite mask, narrowly-edged with black, covers the face up to the eyes (fig. 71); there are three white stripes on the forehead, and the ears are marked with white. The fawns of this species are of a uniform pale yellowish- brown. In Damalis albifrons the coloring of the head differs from that in the last species in a single white stripe replacing the three stripes, and in the ears being almost wholly white.^ After having.
. The descent of man : and selection in relation to sex. Evolution; Natural selection; Heredity; Human beings. MAMMALS—SPOTS AND STRIPES. §39 Oddly colored, a large oblong -v^hite mask, narrowly-edged with black, covers the face up to the eyes (fig. 71); there are three white stripes on the forehead, and the ears are marked with white. The fawns of this species are of a uniform pale yellowish- brown. In Damalis albifrons the coloring of the head differs from that in the last species in a single white stripe replacing the three stripes, and in the ears being almost wholly white.^ After having. Fig. 70. Tragelaphus scriptus, male (from the Knowsley Menagerie). Studied to the best of my ability the sexual differences of animals belonging to all classes, I cannot avoid the conclusion that the curiously-arranged colors of many antelopes, though common to both sexes, are the result of sexual selection primarily applied to the male. 38 See the fine plates in A. Smith's ^Zoology of S. Africa,* and Dr. Gray's 'Gleanings from the Menagerie of KnowS'ley.*. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882. New York : Merrill and Baker
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