Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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... trees where we knew they were sitting . The peculiar coloration of the plumage of these birds in the hand or in the cabinet is so con- spicuous and striking that it would scarcely be believed that they can occupy leafless branches ( if ...
... trees where we knew they were sitting . The peculiar coloration of the plumage of these birds in the hand or in the cabinet is so con- spicuous and striking that it would scarcely be believed that they can occupy leafless branches ( if ...
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... trees . ' In the Okefinokee region I have seldom found it very far from a pine . In the depths of the swamp it may be absent over considerable areas where these trees do not occur ; but let a few straggling pines appear , and there its ...
... trees . ' In the Okefinokee region I have seldom found it very far from a pine . In the depths of the swamp it may be absent over considerable areas where these trees do not occur ; but let a few straggling pines appear , and there its ...
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... tree - stumps or logs , or running on the rough trunks of great trees , where its coloration har- monized wonderfully with lichen - encrusted bark . Its ground - colour varies from brown or olive to silvery - grey , broken by irregular ...
... tree - stumps or logs , or running on the rough trunks of great trees , where its coloration har- monized wonderfully with lichen - encrusted bark . Its ground - colour varies from brown or olive to silvery - grey , broken by irregular ...
Contents
SEASONAL DIMORPHISM | 17 |
MORPHOLOGICAL COLOUR | 24 |
OBLITERATIVE SHADING | 35 |
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adaptive coloration advertisement African antenn¿ 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 larv¿ 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