Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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Page 94
... cover described he is the most invisible of animals . The stripes of white and black so confuse him with the cover that he is absolutely unseen at the most absurd ranges . Time after time not only did Cuninghame and myself fail to make ...
... cover described he is the most invisible of animals . The stripes of white and black so confuse him with the cover that he is absolutely unseen at the most absurd ranges . Time after time not only did Cuninghame and myself fail to make ...
Page 106
... cover and screen the shadow which they cast . In fact , we have in these extreme cases a class of behaviour leading on to the second class of cases , which we shall now consider , and which refer to animals whose form is naturally ...
... cover and screen the shadow which they cast . In fact , we have in these extreme cases a class of behaviour leading on to the second class of cases , which we shall now consider , and which refer to animals whose form is naturally ...
Page 143
... Cover - The writings of big - game hunters contain many references to the remarkable way in which the larger Carnivora exploit available cover when working up to game . For instance , Vaughan Kirby states : ' The leopard's mode of ...
... Cover - The writings of big - game hunters contain many references to the remarkable way in which the larger Carnivora exploit available cover when working up to game . For instance , Vaughan Kirby states : ' The leopard's mode of ...
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