PREFACE.

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.

CONTENTS.

I. ON THE LAW WHICH HAS REGULATED THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW

II. ON THE TENDENCY OF VARIETIES TO DEPART INDEFINITELY FROM

III. MIMICRY, AND OTHER PROTECTIVE RESEMBLANCES AMONG ANIMALS.

IV. THE MALAYAN PAPILIONIDAE OR SWALLOW-TAILED BUTTERFLIES, AS

V. ON INSTINCT IN MAN AND ANIMALS.

VI. THE PHILOSOPHY OF BIRDS' NESTS. Instinct or Reason in the Construction of Birds' Nests.

VII. A THEORY OF BIRDS' NESTS; Showing the relation of certain

VIII. CREATION BY LAW.

IX. THE DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN RACES UNDER THE LAW OF NATURAL SELECTION.

X. THE LIMITS OF NATURAL SELECTION AS APPLIED TO MAN.

NOTES. NOTE A. ( Page 360 .)

INDEX.

SECOND EDITION, WITH CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS.

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