Charles Darwin described natural selection in private essays in 1842 and especially 1844
(Darwin 1909; Glik and Kohn 1996, pp. 90–96). He then drafted a large manuscript on …

A symphony of squawking seagulls rings out loudly in the pure air. e gulls are gathered en
masse on ivory-coloured rocks here at Waubs Harbour in Bicheno, a small coastal shing …