WeRead Powered by ReaderPub
Tropical nature, and other essays cover

Tropical nature, and other essays

Chapter 25: Transcriber's Notes
By Alfred Russel Wallace
Open in WeRead

Explore more books like this:

Essays, Letters & SpeechesNature/Gardening/Animals

About This Book

A series of essays examines the equatorial zone’s climate, vegetation, and animal life, explaining physical causes of uniform heat, atmospheric moisture, and intense weather while describing forest structure, palms, climbers, and diverse tropical fauna. Case studies use hummingbirds to illustrate rapid diversification and natural selection, and a wider discussion of animal coloration argues that colour is a normal product of organization and offers an alternative explanation for sexual ornamentation. Other pieces explore curious local colour patterns, the geographical distribution of animals and past continental changes, and the implications of tropical biology for interpreting Earth’s climatic and evolutionary history.

LONDON: R. CLAY, SONS, AND TAYLOR, BREAD STREET HILL.

Transcriber's Notes

The following changes have been made to the text as printed.

1. Illustrations and footnotes have been located in appropriate paragraph breaks.

2. Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. Other than these and particular changes noted below, inconsistencies in spelling have been retained as printed.

3. Where a word is used repeatedly in the same way, hyphenation has been made consistent, preferring the form most often used in the printed work, or failing that the more usual form in general use at the time of publication. No typographical change has been made within direct quotes from other works.

4. Page 47: "single volcanic mountains" has been changed to "single volcanic mountain".

5. Page 51: "Cælogynes" has been changed to "Cœlogynes".

6. Page 115 and Index: "Dr. Gardiner" has been changed to "Dr. Gardner". (George Gardner, author of "Travels in the Interior of Brazil", London, 1846).

7. Page 221: The chapter heading "CHAPTER VI" has been changed to "VI", consistently with the other chapter headings.

8. Page 259 and footnote: "Euplæa" has been changed to "Euplœa".

9. Page 264 (footnote): "Phlogænas johannœ" has been changed to "Phlogœnas johannæ".