Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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Page 137
... described pose is developed , not by any hurried movement , but by a slow lengthening and attenuation of the figure ' . The same upright posture is practised in an entirely different environment by Bitterns , whose reed - assimilating ...
... described pose is developed , not by any hurried movement , but by a slow lengthening and attenuation of the figure ' . The same upright posture is practised in an entirely different environment by Bitterns , whose reed - assimilating ...
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... described by Wall ( 645 ) as usually reclining on the topmost boughs of bushes , where it would generally pass for a green twig , and escape notice . Wall also remarks on its wonderful turn of speed over the foliage ' , and states that ...
... described by Wall ( 645 ) as usually reclining on the topmost boughs of bushes , where it would generally pass for a green twig , and escape notice . Wall also remarks on its wonderful turn of speed over the foliage ' , and states that ...
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... described by Garstang as bearing the most exact resemblance to a small piece of the sponge Halichondria panicea var . papillaris - the appearance ( depending as much upon attitude as coloration ) being perfected by the half - retracted ...
... described by Garstang as bearing the most exact resemblance to a small piece of the sponge Halichondria panicea var . papillaris - the appearance ( depending as much upon attitude as coloration ) being perfected by the half - retracted ...
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