"Lxxxi" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... attacked by birds or other enemies, and he believes that their bright colours serve as a sexual attraction. Certain dragon-flies apparently are attracted by particular colours: Mr. Patterson observed (52. 'Transactions, Ent. Soc.' vol. i. 1836, p. lxxxi.) that the Agrionidae, of which the males are blue, settled in numbers on the blue float of a fishing line; whilst two other species were ...
— The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex • Charles Darwin |
