Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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Page 88
... device is seen in Constrictor constrictor ( Plate 24 ) ; and in a large number of other forms , such as Python molurus , Gastropyxis smaragdina , Agkistrodon blomhoffi , and Vipera russellii , this type of pattern constitutes an ...
... device is seen in Constrictor constrictor ( Plate 24 ) ; and in a large number of other forms , such as Python molurus , Gastropyxis smaragdina , Agkistrodon blomhoffi , and Vipera russellii , this type of pattern constitutes an ...
Page 96
... device is reproduced among grasshoppers like Edipoda miniata , and bugs like Fulgora spinola , where the membranous hind wings likewise exhibit flash coloration during flight . Moreover , a similar optical effect is seen in the ...
... device is reproduced among grasshoppers like Edipoda miniata , and bugs like Fulgora spinola , where the membranous hind wings likewise exhibit flash coloration during flight . Moreover , a similar optical effect is seen in the ...
Page 145
... devices is a modification of the front margin of wing feathers which function as a true leading edge in flight . It ... device has either never arisen , or has been secondarily lost . Similarly , the domestic cat , like its larger ...
... devices is a modification of the front margin of wing feathers which function as a true leading edge in flight . It ... device has either never arisen , or has been secondarily lost . Similarly , the domestic cat , like its larger ...
Contents
SEASONAL DIMORPHISM | 17 |
MORPHOLOGICAL COLOUR | 24 |
OBLITERATIVE SHADING | 35 |
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