Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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Page 248
... running about a garden in late dusk , when their pallidly bluish - grey coats look as though they had been smeared with luminous paint and stand out conspicuous amid the surrounding gloom . Soon after sundown they begin to come out and run ...
... running about a garden in late dusk , when their pallidly bluish - grey coats look as though they had been smeared with luminous paint and stand out conspicuous amid the surrounding gloom . Soon after sundown they begin to come out and run ...
Page 315
... running vertically from fin to fin , rather than a longitudinal stripe running horizontally from snout to tail , which now suggests leaf venation . In short , the entire likeness is laid down on vertical instead of horizontal lines ...
... running vertically from fin to fin , rather than a longitudinal stripe running horizontally from snout to tail , which now suggests leaf venation . In short , the entire likeness is laid down on vertical instead of horizontal lines ...
Page 401
... run , and fly , or perform other activities in such a fashion as to increase their likeness to their models - and ... running short dis- tances with expanded wings ' . A Syntomid moth belonging to the genus Macrocneme which mimics the ...
... run , and fly , or perform other activities in such a fashion as to increase their likeness to their models - and ... running short dis- tances with expanded wings ' . A Syntomid moth belonging to the genus Macrocneme which mimics 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