Origin of Species Variorum

↑ 1 blocks not present in 1859 1860 1861 1866; present in 1869 1872

It is, however, not at all probable that land-shells have often been thus transported; the feet of birds is a more probable method.

←Subtitle not present 1859 1860 1861 On the Relations of the Inhabitants of Islands to those of the nearest Mainland . 1869 1872

→ in regard to the inhabitants of islands, is their affinity 1859 1860 1861

in regard to islands, is the affinity 1866

is the affinity of the species which inhabit islands 1869 1872

→ to 1859 1860 1861 1869 1872

of their inhabitants to 1866

→ I will give only one, that of the 1859 1860 1861 1866

The 1869 1872

→ between 1859 1860 1861 1866

lies at the distance of between 1869 1872

→ water 1859 1860 1861 1866

the water 1869

of the water 1872

→ or, perhaps, twenty-three, of 1861 1866 1869

of 1859 1860 1872

→ are ranked 1861 1866 1869

are ranked by Mr. Gould 1859 1860

twenty-one or perhaps twenty-three are ranked 1872

→ and are supposed 1861 1866 1869

supposed 1859 1860

and would commonly be assumed 1872

→ in 1859 1860 1861 1866 1869

is manifest in 1872

→ nearly all 1859 1860 1861

a large proportion of 1866 1869 1872

→ memoir on the 1859 1860 1861

OMIT 1866 1869 1872

formed a new membranous one, I immersed it for fourteen days in sea-water, and it recovered and crawled away: but more experiments are wanted on this head. ↑ →

The most striking and important fact for us →in regard to the inhabitants of islands, is their affinity →to those of the nearest mainland, without being actually the

same.

same

~~species.~~

species.

Numerous instances could be

given.

given

~~this~~

this

fact.

~~law.~~

law.

→I will give only one, that of the Galapagos Archipelago, situated under the equator, →between 500 and 600 miles from the shores of South America. Here almost every product of the land and →water bears the unmistakeable stamp of the American continent. There are twenty-six

land birds,

land birds;

land-birds,

and twenty-five

~~and twenty-one,~~

and twenty-one,

→or, perhaps, twenty-three, of

these,

these

→are ranked as distinct species, →and are supposed to have been

here created:

created here;

yet the close affinity of most of these birds to American species →in every character, in their habits, gestures, and tones of

voice.

voice,

~~was~~

was

~~manifest.~~

manifest.

So it is with the other animals, and with →nearly all the plants, as shown by Dr. Hooker in his admirable →memoir on the Flora of this archipelago. The naturalist, looking at the inhabitants of these volcanic islands in the Pacific, distant several hundred miles from the continent,

~~yet~~

yet

feels that he is standing on American land. Why should this be so? why should the species which are supposed to have been created in the Galapagos Archipelago, and nowhere else, bear so

plainly

plain

the

stamp of affinity to those created in America? There is nothing in the conditions of life, in the geological nature of the islands, in their height or climate, or in the proportions in which the several classes are associated together, which

closely resembles

resembles closely

the conditions of the South American coast: in

fact,

fact

there is a considerable dissimilarity in all

the foregoing

these

respects. On the other hand, there is a considerable degree of resemblance in the

volanic

volcanic

nature of the soil, in

the climate,

climate,