Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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Page 141
... natives saw him , and I eventually made him out well enough to shoot him , but even then I could not see at what part of him I was aiming . There can be no doubt whatever that the colour of both the tiger and the panther renders them ...
... natives saw him , and I eventually made him out well enough to shoot him , but even then I could not see at what part of him I was aiming . There can be no doubt whatever that the colour of both the tiger and the panther renders them ...
Page 361
Hugh Bamford Cott. employed by natives for catching duck . A number of scraped - out gourds are set floating on the lake . When the waterfowl have become accustomed to them they allow them to float freely among them . The Indian then ...
Hugh Bamford Cott. employed by natives for catching duck . A number of scraped - out gourds are set floating on the lake . When the waterfowl have become accustomed to them they allow them to float freely among them . The Indian then ...
Page 507
... natives , method of approaching waterfowl , 361 Ventral surface , exposed in display , 214-216 Verne , J. , 171 Verwey , J. , 234 , 235 , 237 Viper , Bush , 7 - Cape ( see Causus rhombeatus , 58 ) Gaboon , 57 , 73 , 92 , Pl . 25 Horned ...
... natives , method of approaching waterfowl , 361 Ventral surface , exposed in display , 214-216 Verne , J. , 171 Verwey , J. , 234 , 235 , 237 Viper , Bush , 7 - Cape ( see Causus rhombeatus , 58 ) Gaboon , 57 , 73 , 92 , Pl . 25 Horned ...
Contents
SEASONAL DIMORPHISM | 17 |
MORPHOLOGICAL COLOUR | 24 |
OBLITERATIVE SHADING | 35 |
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