Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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Page xvi
... crossed by so fine and varied a cast that those privileged for a few fleeting years to see the show may well look on in wonder , and in gratitude . UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY , CAMBRIDGE January , 1940 HUGH B. COTT CONTENTS PART I ...
... crossed by so fine and varied a cast that those privileged for a few fleeting years to see the show may well look on in wonder , and in gratitude . UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY , CAMBRIDGE January , 1940 HUGH B. COTT CONTENTS PART I ...
Page 84
... crossed by a stripe exactly the width of the pupil itself . In other cases similar effects are produced in vertical bars instead of horizontal stripes ; or in diagonal markings or irregular shapes varying greatly in size and ...
... crossed by a stripe exactly the width of the pupil itself . In other cases similar effects are produced in vertical bars instead of horizontal stripes ; or in diagonal markings or irregular shapes varying greatly in size and ...
Page 85
... crossed by a jet - black ribbon of pigment , just the width of the pupil . The stripe so formed across the front of the eye- ball continues forwards on to the snout and backwards on to the operculum , and in each direction it gradually ...
... crossed by a jet - black ribbon of pigment , just the width of the pupil . The stripe so formed across the front of the eye- ball continues forwards on to the snout and backwards on to the operculum , and in each direction it gradually ...
Contents
SEASONAL DIMORPHISM | 17 |
MORPHOLOGICAL COLOUR | 24 |
OBLITERATIVE SHADING | 35 |
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