in ANIMAL LIFE IN THE TROPICAL FORESTS 311 



little check for countless ages, and have resulted in those 

 infinitely varied and beautiful forms those wonderful eccen- 

 tricities of structure, of function, and of instinct that rich 

 variety of colour, and that nicely balanced harmony of rela- 

 tions, which delight and astonish us in the animal productions 

 of all tropical countries. 



