Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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... tree - dwellers all the world over - parrots and woodpeckers , tree - frogs and tree - snakes , chameleons and iguanas , grasshoppers and mantids : he will look almost in vain for the blue tints of tunny and mackerel and flying fish ...
... tree - dwellers all the world over - parrots and woodpeckers , tree - frogs and tree - snakes , chameleons and iguanas , grasshoppers and mantids : he will look almost in vain for the blue tints of tunny and mackerel and flying fish ...
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... trees do not occur ; but let a few straggling pines appear , and there its notes are likely to be heard . ' Among lizards a similar type of coloration is typical of several tree - dwelling Iguanid genera in the New World : it is ...
... trees do not occur ; but let a few straggling pines appear , and there its notes are likely to be heard . ' Among lizards a similar type of coloration is typical of several tree - dwelling Iguanid genera in the New World : it is ...
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... Tree , 130 Swimming Crab , 126 Swinhoe , Robert , 197 , 248 Swynnerton , C. F. M. , 105 , 130 , 186 , 251 , 252 ... Tree Coney , 432 Tree - Creepers , 132 , 156 , 324 Tree - frogs : aposematic insects rarely eaten by , 274 ; selective ...
... Tree , 130 Swimming Crab , 126 Swinhoe , Robert , 197 , 248 Swynnerton , C. F. M. , 105 , 130 , 186 , 251 , 252 ... Tree Coney , 432 Tree - Creepers , 132 , 156 , 324 Tree - frogs : aposematic insects rarely eaten by , 274 ; selective ...
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