Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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Page 220
... directed in rivalry against members of the same sex ; and as such they do not concern us here . Now it is very interesting to find that similar tail displays occur among other animals , such as snakes , where they are known to be used ...
... directed in rivalry against members of the same sex ; and as such they do not concern us here . Now it is very interesting to find that similar tail displays occur among other animals , such as snakes , where they are known to be used ...
Page 371
... directed to the place where the nest is not , just as in the eye - spots of butterflies the attention is directed to the place where the head is not . Every countryman has watched Lapwings attempt to beguile away intruders on the ...
... directed to the place where the nest is not , just as in the eye - spots of butterflies the attention is directed to the place where the head is not . Every countryman has watched Lapwings attempt to beguile away intruders on the ...
Page 428
... directed towards a seeing public : they are meant to attract the attention of potential enemies in the first case ; of prospective travellers in the second . When divorced from their proper environ- ment each becomes impotent and ...
... directed towards a seeing public : they are meant to attract the attention of potential enemies in the first case ; of prospective travellers in the second . When divorced from their proper environ- ment each becomes impotent and ...
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