Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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... attitude which brings the parallel brown markings on its wings into alignment with the parallel veins of the dead monocotyledonous leaves of a palm lily ( Cordyline australis ) on which it conceals itself by day . A remarkable ...
... attitude which brings the parallel brown markings on its wings into alignment with the parallel veins of the dead monocotyledonous leaves of a palm lily ( Cordyline australis ) on which it conceals itself by day . A remarkable ...
Page 138
... attitude ! But how happened it that while repeatedly walking round the bird through the rushes I had not caught sight of the striped back and the broad dark - coloured sides ? I asked myself this question , and stepped round to get a ...
... attitude ! But how happened it that while repeatedly walking round the bird through the rushes I had not caught sight of the striped back and the broad dark - coloured sides ? I asked myself this question , and stepped round to get a ...
Page 503
... attitude of , 100-102 , 110 , 350-355 ; prepared cryptic place of , 355-357 Reticulated Python , 197 Rhea , 22 Rhinoceros , bushman's method of approach- ing , 415 Ribbon Snake , pursuing frog , 185 Richards , O. W. ( see Robson , G. C. ...
... attitude of , 100-102 , 110 , 350-355 ; prepared cryptic place of , 355-357 Reticulated Python , 197 Rhea , 22 Rhinoceros , bushman's method of approach- ing , 415 Ribbon Snake , pursuing frog , 185 Richards , O. W. ( see Robson , G. C. ...
Contents
SEASONAL DIMORPHISM | 17 |
MORPHOLOGICAL COLOUR | 24 |
OBLITERATIVE SHADING | 35 |
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adaptive coloration advertisement African antennæ aposematic aposematic animals appearance attack attitude autotomy bees behaviour birds body brown Bufo butterflies camouflage caterpillars chromatophores closely colour colour-scheme concealing coloration conspicuous contrast correlated countershading crab creatures Crustacea cryptic coloration cryptic resemblance dark deceptive defence device display disruptive pattern dorsal eaten Edward Poulton effect eggs enemies environment evidence example exhibited experiments exposed fact feeding fishes frogs function genus grasshoppers green grey group of animals habits Hingston Hymenoptera illustrated insects instance instinct larva larvæ later leaf Lepidoptera light lizards mammals markings mimetic mimicry moths nature nest nidifugous Nightjars nocturnal observed optical Orthoptera phenomena pigment Poulton predators predatory prey principle procryptic protective referred relation remarkable rest seen shade significant similar snakes species specimens spider Stone-Curlew striking surface surroundings tail tegmina tion toads tone various visual warning coloration widely wings yellow Zool