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Page 134
In the following section I propose to deal with the further question of cryptic
attitudes , as opposed merely to cryptic habits in general : and it will be pertinent
here to point out that with lizards and many other groups of animals besides birds
, this ...
In the following section I propose to deal with the further question of cryptic
attitudes , as opposed merely to cryptic habits in general : and it will be pertinent
here to point out that with lizards and many other groups of animals besides birds
, this ...
Page 162
Hence the importance of general adaptive stillness and nocturnal habits so
commonly found among cryptic animals , and of the special ' freezing ' and ' death
- feigning ' habits practised by young birds , beetles , and many other forms in ...
Hence the importance of general adaptive stillness and nocturnal habits so
commonly found among cryptic animals , and of the special ' freezing ' and ' death
- feigning ' habits practised by young birds , beetles , and many other forms in ...
Page 505
Solomon , Solomon J. , 110 Spur - wing Jaçana , withstanding attacks by Song -
Thrush , 257 , 294 falcon , 118 Sounds ( see Warning Sounds ; Adaptive Squash
Bugs , eaten by toads , 279 Silence ) Squid : cryptic function of colour - change ...
Solomon , Solomon J. , 110 Spur - wing Jaçana , withstanding attacks by Song -
Thrush , 257 , 294 falcon , 118 Sounds ( see Warning Sounds ; Adaptive Squash
Bugs , eaten by toads , 279 Silence ) Squid : cryptic function of colour - change ...
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Contents
THE METHODS BY WHICH CONCEALMENT | 5 |
VARIABLE COLOUR RESEMBLANCE | 20 |
THE PRINCIPLE OF CONCEALMENT BY COUNTERSHADING | 35 |
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