Origin of Species Variorum

→ general disposition of individuals 1859 1860 1861 1866

mental qualities of animals 1869 1872

→ is extremely diversified, can 1859 1860 1861 1866

vary much, could 1869 1872

→ a multitude of 1859 1860 1861 1866

many 1869 1872

→ certain species, which might, 1859 1860 1861 1866

wild animals, which, 1869 1872

→ give 1859 1860 1861 1866

might give 1869

might have given 1872

→ variations 1859 1860 1861 1866 1872

or spontaneous variations 1869

↑ 3 blocks not present in 1859 1860 1861 1866; present in 1869 1872

It is notorious how much domestic animals vary in their mental qualities. With cats, for instance, one naturally takes to catching rats, and another mice, and these tendencies are known to be inherited. One cat, according to Mr. St. John, always brought home game-birds, another hares or rabbits, and another hunted on marshy ground and almost nightly caught woodcocks or snipes.

→ the inheritance of all 1859 1860 1861 1866

various 1869 1872

→ time. 1859 1860 1861 1866

time, being inherited. 1869 1872

uninhabited islands large birds are not more fearful than small; and the magpie, so wary in England, is tame in Norway, as is the hooded crow in Egypt.

That the →general disposition of individuals of the same

kind,

species,

born in a state of nature, →is extremely diversified, can be shown by →a multitude of facts. Several

cases

cases,

could also

also, could

given,

adduced

given

of occasional and strange habits in →certain species, which might, if advantageous to the species, →give rise, through natural selection, to

~~quite~~

quite

new instincts. But I am well aware that these general statements, without

the facts

facts given

in detail,

will

can

produce but a feeble effect on the

readers

reader's

mind. I can only repeat my assurance, that I do not speak without good evidence.

Inherited Changes of Habit or Instinct in Domesticated

Animals .

Animals.

The possibility, or even probability, of inherited variations of instinct in a state of nature will be strengthened by briefly considering a few cases under domestication. We shall thus

~~also~~

also

be enabled to see the

~~respective~~

respective

part

parts

which habit and the selection of

so- called

so-called

spontaneous

accidental

→variations have played in modifying the mental qualities of our domestic animals. ↑ A number of curious and authentic instances could be given of →the inheritance of all shades of disposition and

of taste,

tastes,

and likewise of the oddest tricks, associated with certain frames of mind or periods of →time. But let us look to the

familar

familiar

case of the

~~several~~

several

breeds of

the dog:

dogs:

it cannot be doubted that young pointers (I have myself seen a striking instance) will sometimes point and even back other dogs the very first time that they are taken out; retrieving is certainly in some degree inherited by retrievers; and a tendency to run round, instead of at, a flock of sheep, by shepherd-dogs. I cannot see that