Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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Page 192
... fruits and berries attractive to birds - as displayed , for instance , by cherries and plums , currants and strawberries , by mulberries and raspberries , apples and tomatoes , by ' hips and haws ' of the hedgerow , and by the fruit of ...
... fruits and berries attractive to birds - as displayed , for instance , by cherries and plums , currants and strawberries , by mulberries and raspberries , apples and tomatoes , by ' hips and haws ' of the hedgerow , and by the fruit of ...
Page 197
... Fruit Pigeon ( Ptilopus cinctus ) , which Forbes describes as resting motionless in num- bers during the heat of the day , on well - exposed branches . Yet , he says , ' it was with the most extreme difficulty that I , or my sharp ...
... Fruit Pigeon ( Ptilopus cinctus ) , which Forbes describes as resting motionless in num- bers during the heat of the day , on well - exposed branches . Yet , he says , ' it was with the most extreme difficulty that I , or my sharp ...
Page 508
... Fruit - Pigeon , difficulty of detecting , 197 White - tailed Mongoose , 252 Whitethroat , failing to recognize procryptic larvæ , 184 White - throated Wood - rat , local races of , 14 , 15 Wild Cat , 12 Willey , Arthur , 315 Williams ...
... Fruit - Pigeon , difficulty of detecting , 197 White - tailed Mongoose , 252 Whitethroat , failing to recognize procryptic larvæ , 184 White - throated Wood - rat , local races of , 14 , 15 Wild Cat , 12 Willey , Arthur , 315 Williams ...
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