Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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Page 128
... eggs are white is the American Hooded Merganser ( Mergus cucullatus ) , which habitually nests in holes of trees ( 674 ) . In the present connexion may be mentioned another large class of small and relatively defenceless species , of ...
... eggs are white is the American Hooded Merganser ( Mergus cucullatus ) , which habitually nests in holes of trees ( 674 ) . In the present connexion may be mentioned another large class of small and relatively defenceless species , of ...
Page 418
... eggs — particularly concern us at present , and will now be considered . II . THE FACTORS UPON WHICH EGG - MIMICRY DEPENDS ( 1 ) Segregation of Cuckoo Strains - In our British Cuckoo the question of egg coloration is complicated by ...
... eggs — particularly concern us at present , and will now be considered . II . THE FACTORS UPON WHICH EGG - MIMICRY DEPENDS ( 1 ) Segregation of Cuckoo Strains - In our British Cuckoo the question of egg coloration is complicated by ...
Page 423
... eggs resembling different models in different localities . We have already seen that certain strains of Cuculus are consistent in laying the same type of egg and in calling upon the same fosterer , or group of fosterers , to rear their ...
... eggs resembling different models in different localities . We have already seen that certain strains of Cuculus are consistent in laying the same type of egg and in calling upon the same fosterer , or group of fosterers , to rear their ...
Contents
SEASONAL DIMORPHISM | 17 |
MORPHOLOGICAL COLOUR | 24 |
OBLITERATIVE SHADING | 35 |
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