Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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Page xxiii
... WIDELY FROM THEIR CONGENERS IN APPEARANCE VI MIMICS DEPART WIDELY FROM THEIR CONGENERS IN BEHAVIOUR VII THE RESEMBLANCES BETWEEN MODEL AND MIMIC ARE NOT DUE TO SIMILARITIES OF LIFE - HISTORY VIII MIMETIC RESEMBLANCES ARE INDEPENDENT OF ...
... WIDELY FROM THEIR CONGENERS IN APPEARANCE VI MIMICS DEPART WIDELY FROM THEIR CONGENERS IN BEHAVIOUR VII THE RESEMBLANCES BETWEEN MODEL AND MIMIC ARE NOT DUE TO SIMILARITIES OF LIFE - HISTORY VIII MIMETIC RESEMBLANCES ARE INDEPENDENT OF ...
Page 223
... widely gaping the jaws before an enemy so as to show off the warning hues to good purpose . Whilst collecting reptiles in Portuguese East Africa different examples of this habit came to my notice . For instance , in the Amatongas Forest ...
... widely gaping the jaws before an enemy so as to show off the warning hues to good purpose . Whilst collecting reptiles in Portuguese East Africa different examples of this habit came to my notice . For instance , in the Amatongas Forest ...
Page 408
... widely dissimilar groups of animals , and among species having utterly different modes of life - history ; and sometimes , moreover , they are pro- duced by precisely analogous methods in widely separated orders . ( 4 ) The mimics depart ...
... widely dissimilar groups of animals , and among species having utterly different modes of life - history ; and sometimes , moreover , they are pro- duced by precisely analogous methods in widely separated orders . ( 4 ) The mimics depart ...
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