. The descent of man : and selection in relation to sex. Evolution; Natural selection; Heredity; Human beings. DECORATION. 383 curiously like those which we see in our fancy breeds, reared by man for the sake of ornament: certain individuals originally varied in one character, and other individuals of the same species in other characters; and these have been seized on by man and much augmented—as shown by the tail of the Fig. 49. Spathura underwoodi, male and female (from Brehm). the hood of the jacobin, the beak and wattle of the carrier, and so forth. The sole difference bet
. The descent of man : and selection in relation to sex. Evolution; Natural selection; Heredity; Human beings. DECORATION. 383 curiously like those which we see in our fancy breeds, reared by man for the sake of ornament: certain individuals originally varied in one character, and other individuals of the same species in other characters; and these have been seized on by man and much augmented—as shown by the tail of the Fig. 49. Spathura underwoodi, male and female (from Brehm). the hood of the jacobin, the beak and wattle of the carrier, and so forth. The sole difference between these cases is that in the one, the result is due to man's selection, whilst in the other, as with humming-birds, birds of paradise, &c., it is due to the selec- tion by the females of the more beautiful males. I will mention only one other bird, remarkable from the ex- treme contrast in color between the sexes, namely the famous. 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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