Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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... exposed - prove no exception , for they are either defended by the parents or laid on inaccessible cliff - ledges , and are thus relatively secure from attack . Most Pigeons and Doves deposit their white eggs on open , loosely con ...
... exposed - prove no exception , for they are either defended by the parents or laid on inaccessible cliff - ledges , and are thus relatively secure from attack . Most Pigeons and Doves deposit their white eggs on open , loosely con ...
Page 180
... exposed in surroundings against which they were contrasted , and 40 in surroundings with which they harmonized . The ... exposed against a revealing background — green on brown and brown on green- ( black line ) ; and ( ii ) among 40 ...
... exposed in surroundings against which they were contrasted , and 40 in surroundings with which they harmonized . The ... exposed against a revealing background — green on brown and brown on green- ( black line ) ; and ( ii ) among 40 ...
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... exposure of hidden colour due to lateral stretching of the integument , as seen in the displays of certain snakes . Sometimes the pigment exposed is on the area between the scales . Thus when irritated , Natrix stolata flattens and ...
... exposure of hidden colour due to lateral stretching of the integument , as seen in the displays of certain snakes . Sometimes the pigment exposed is on the area between the scales . Thus when irritated , Natrix stolata flattens 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