Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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Page 186
... road I put up Melanitis zitenius , which fluttered across the road and was swooped at by a king- crow ( Dicrurus ) , but missed ; the butterfly dodged , got to the other side of the road and dropped to the ground among the herbage and ...
... road I put up Melanitis zitenius , which fluttered across the road and was swooped at by a king- crow ( Dicrurus ) , but missed ; the butterfly dodged , got to the other side of the road and dropped to the ground among the herbage and ...
Page 189
... road , sea , and air , and with the development of commercial art in advertising , the power of these colours has been employed and exploited in other fields , so that the colours which once were almost the monopoly of art and nature ...
... road , sea , and air , and with the development of commercial art in advertising , the power of these colours has been employed and exploited in other fields , so that the colours which once were almost the monopoly of art and nature ...
Page 207
... road - sign or the label on a poison bottle are permanent : that is to say , we have dealt with an advertising ... road sign ' SLOW - MAJOR ROAD AHEAD ' , then we can compare the temporary display of the Fire - bellied Toad ( Bombinator ...
... road - sign or the label on a poison bottle are permanent : that is to say , we have dealt with an advertising ... road sign ' SLOW - MAJOR ROAD AHEAD ' , then we can compare the temporary display of the Fire - bellied Toad ( Bombinator ...
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