Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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... nearly white pocket - mouse ( Perognathus gypsi ) , whose colour closely approaches that of the gypsum dunes where it lives : this species was not taken elsewhere than on the White Sands . Dice concludes that the presence of these ...
... nearly white pocket - mouse ( Perognathus gypsi ) , whose colour closely approaches that of the gypsum dunes where it lives : this species was not taken elsewhere than on the White Sands . Dice concludes that the presence of these ...
Page 136
... near one of the car - wheels , as one of the party nearly trod on it ' ( 94 ) . The same author brings forward evidence ( see p . 186 ) to show that the Houbara is effectively concealed , when incubating on the nest , from the keen eyes ...
... near one of the car - wheels , as one of the party nearly trod on it ' ( 94 ) . The same author brings forward evidence ( see p . 186 ) to show that the Houbara is effectively concealed , when incubating on the nest , from the keen eyes ...
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... nearly allied D. mycterizans , from India , a species growing to a length of over six feet , and intensely green in colour , has been described by Wall ( 645 ) as usually reclining on the topmost boughs of bushes , where it would ...
... nearly allied D. mycterizans , from India , a species growing to a length of over six feet , and intensely green in colour , has been described by Wall ( 645 ) as usually reclining on the topmost boughs of bushes , where it would ...
Contents
SEASONAL DIMORPHISM | 17 |
MORPHOLOGICAL COLOUR | 24 |
OBLITERATIVE SHADING | 35 |
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