Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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Page 38
... becomes as conspicuous as in life she was difficult to see . II . COUNTERSHADING PRODUCED BY BLENDED PATTERNS ... become blended with distance was put forward and discussed by J. C. Mottram in 1915 ( 424 ) . This device depends ...
... becomes as conspicuous as in life she was difficult to see . II . COUNTERSHADING PRODUCED BY BLENDED PATTERNS ... become blended with distance was put forward and discussed by J. C. Mottram in 1915 ( 424 ) . This device depends ...
Page 40
... become more widely separated towards the under surfaces a scheme based upon the arrangement seen in Fig . 2 , No. 9 . The Fishing Cat ( Felis viverrina ) illustrates the same principle . Here the dorsal stripes break up laterally into ...
... become more widely separated towards the under surfaces a scheme based upon the arrangement seen in Fig . 2 , No. 9 . The Fishing Cat ( Felis viverrina ) illustrates the same principle . Here the dorsal stripes break up laterally into ...
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... become still more saturated and intense . Thus for a moment ' , writes Holmes , the two black spots stand out most vividly on the background of the iridescent white animal . ' Some- times this pattern is accentuated by marked flattening ...
... become still more saturated and intense . Thus for a moment ' , writes Holmes , the two black spots stand out most vividly on the background of the iridescent white animal . ' Some- times this pattern is accentuated by marked flattening ...
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