Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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... once more we find that the wonder- fully deceptive appearance , when seen against broken surroundings , is essentially due to the special arrangement of darker and lighter tones in the body design . An irregularly shaped dark dorsal ...
... once more we find that the wonder- fully deceptive appearance , when seen against broken surroundings , is essentially due to the special arrangement of darker and lighter tones in the body design . An irregularly shaped dark dorsal ...
Page 141
... once , while following up a wounded tiger , failed for at least a minute to see him under a tree in grass at a distance of about twenty yards - jungle open- but the natives saw him , and I eventually made him out well enough to shoot ...
... once , while following up a wounded tiger , failed for at least a minute to see him under a tree in grass at a distance of about twenty yards - jungle open- but the natives saw him , and I eventually made him out well enough to shoot ...
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... once that ejection occurs : ( a queen wasp is a very considerable mouthful for Hyla arborea ) . In most cases - certainly with relatively small insects which are snapped up with the tongue and instantly swallowed at a gulp - ' the ...
... once that ejection occurs : ( a queen wasp is a very considerable mouthful for Hyla arborea ) . In most cases - certainly with relatively small insects which are snapped up with the tongue and instantly swallowed at a gulp - ' the ...
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