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Once an intruder is seen the first - 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 ...
Once an intruder is seen the first - 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 ...
Page 330
The nearly allied D. mycterizans , from India , a species growing to a length of
over six feet , and intensely green in colour , has been described by Wall ( 645 )
as usually reclining on the topmost boughs of bushes , where it would generally ...
The nearly allied D. mycterizans , from India , a species growing to a length of
over six feet , and intensely green in colour , has been described by Wall ( 645 )
as usually reclining on the topmost boughs of bushes , where it would generally ...
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Both these observers describe a spider , itself un - ant - like , which is in the habit
of running about in a jerky ant - like manner ... This curious habit forms another
link in the chain of phenomena which culminate in the case described by Poulton
...
Both these observers describe a spider , itself un - ant - like , which is in the habit
of running about in a jerky ant - like manner ... This curious habit forms another
link in the chain of phenomena which culminate in the case described by Poulton
...
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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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