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POPE ' There remains to be cramined a further expression of the disruptive
principle which is of the very greatest interest . Such patterns as we have so far
considered are successful because they appear to break up the continuous
surface of ...
POPE ' There remains to be cramined a further expression of the disruptive
principle which is of the very greatest interest . Such patterns as we have so far
considered are successful because they appear to break up the continuous
surface of ...
Page 292
Much further evidence of discriminative feeding , in the case of insectivorous bats
, will be found in the important paper by Sir Edward Poulton , to which I have
referred above ( p . 273 ) . II . DISCRIMINATION AND SELECTIVE FEEDING BY ...
Much further evidence of discriminative feeding , in the case of insectivorous bats
, will be found in the important paper by Sir Edward Poulton , to which I have
referred above ( p . 273 ) . II . DISCRIMINATION AND SELECTIVE FEEDING BY ...
Page 458
1906 . Further Study of the English Sparrow and other Birds . Ibid . , XVII , 2 , pp .
248 – 71 . 487 POTTS , F . A . 1914 . Researches at Murray Island . Year Book ,
13 , Carnegie Inst . , Washington , pp . 208 – 10 . 488 POULTON , E . B . 1884 .
1906 . Further Study of the English Sparrow and other Birds . Ibid . , XVII , 2 , pp .
248 – 71 . 487 POTTS , F . A . 1914 . Researches at Murray Island . Year Book ,
13 , Carnegie Inst . , Washington , pp . 208 – 10 . 488 POULTON , E . B . 1884 .
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