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A very clean - cut and perfect example of this 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 russelli ,
this type ...
A very clean - cut and perfect example of this 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 russelli ,
this type ...
Page 96
This advertising appearance is reflected in the brightly coloured hind wings of
moths exhibiting flash coloration , as seen , for instance , in Catocala electa ,
Triph¿na pronuba , and I sognathus scyron . The same device is reproduced
among ...
This advertising appearance is reflected in the brightly coloured hind wings of
moths exhibiting flash coloration , as seen , for instance , in Catocala electa ,
Triph¿na pronuba , and I sognathus scyron . The same device is reproduced
among ...
Page 145
( 1 ) The first of these devices is a modification of the front margin of wing feathers
which function as a true leading edge in flight . It consists of a stiff comb - like
fringe whose teeth jut forward with a slight lateral and upward inclination .
( 1 ) The first of these devices is a modification of the front margin of wing feathers
which function as a true leading edge in flight . It consists of a stiff comb - like
fringe whose teeth jut forward with a slight lateral and upward inclination .
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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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