Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen, 1957 - 508 pages |
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Page 11
... conspicuously vulnerable to appeals to social obliga- tion , and politicians can afford to be virtuous . To return to the words of the member of Parliament , note that he said that heroism comes in fits , not ... Conspicuous Corporation 11.
... conspicuously vulnerable to appeals to social obliga- tion , and politicians can afford to be virtuous . To return to the words of the member of Parliament , note that he said that heroism comes in fits , not ... Conspicuous Corporation 11.
Page 57
... of the TRINAL FRACTION with the CHRONOLOGY , and also the DIVINE SCIENCE which so conspicuously shines forth in the structure of the Mundane times . E APPENDIX III . SOME BRIEF REASONS FOR RECEIVING THE CHRONOLOGY THE TRINAL FRACTION . 57.
... of the TRINAL FRACTION with the CHRONOLOGY , and also the DIVINE SCIENCE which so conspicuously shines forth in the structure of the Mundane times . E APPENDIX III . SOME BRIEF REASONS FOR RECEIVING THE CHRONOLOGY THE TRINAL FRACTION . 57.
Page 124
... narrative information that Collins does present. These incongruous scenes guide the reader's inferences so heavily that, as The Saturday Review noted, the secret is 'plainly discernible in the very opening of the 124 Conspicuous Silences.
... narrative information that Collins does present. These incongruous scenes guide the reader's inferences so heavily that, as The Saturday Review noted, the secret is 'plainly discernible in the very opening of the 124 Conspicuous Silences.
Contents
THE METHODS BY WHICH CONCEALMENT | 5 |
ADAPTIVE RADIATION IN COLOUR RESEMBLANCE II | 11 |
COLOUR RESEMBLANCE DUE TO CHOICE OF APPROPRIATE BACKGROUNDS | 18 |
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adaptive coloration advertisement Africa antennæ aposematic appearance attack attitude background bark bees beetles behaviour birds body brown Bufo butterflies camouflage caterpillars chromatophores closely colour colour-scheme concealing coloration conspicuous contrast correlated countershading crab Crustacea cryptic coloration cryptic resemblance dark deceptive device display disruptive pattern dorsal eaten Edward Poulton effect eggs enemies environment evidence example exhibited experiments fact feeding figs fishes frogs function geckos genus grasshoppers green grey groups of animals habits head Hymenoptera illustrated insects instance instinct Journ larva larvæ later leaf Lepidoptera light lizards London mammals mantis markings mimetic mimicry mimics moths nature nest Nightjars observed optical Orthoptera Pará patches pigment Polychrus marmoratus Poulton predators prey principle Proc procryptic protective referred relation remarkable rest seen shade shadow significant similar snakes species specimens spider Stone-Curlew striking surface surroundings tail tegmina toads tone tropical various visual warning coloration wings yellow Zool