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McNeil - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (227 words) |
 | Anna McNeill Whistler, subject of the painting Whistler's Mother by James McNeill Whistler |
 | Charles McNeill Gray, American politician, former mayer of Chicago, Illinois |
 | McNeill's Law, coined by William H. McNeill, it describes the role of microbial disease in the conquering of people-groups. |
| Descent of Man - Chapter 18 - Charles Darwin - Read Print (7687 words) |
 | QUADRUPEDS use their voices for various purposes, as a signal of danger, as a call from one member of a troop to another, or from the mother to her lost offspring, or from the latter for protection to their mother; but such uses need not here be considered. |
 | McNeill and Sir P. Egerton, it seems that young stags under three years old do not roar or bellow; and that the old ones begin bellowing at the commencement of the breeding-season, at first only occasionally and moderately, whilst they restlessly wander about in search of the females. |
 | In one genus of sloths, it is now established, as Dr. Gray states, "that the males are ornamented differently from the females- that is to say, that they have a patch of soft short hair between the shoulders, which is generally of a more or less orange colour, and in one species pure white. |