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EVIDENCE FROM EXPERIMENTS WITH WILD ANIMALS ( 1 ) Insect Coloration ,
and the Relative Acceptability of Insects to Birds Among the most extensive and
valuable experiments yet undertaken on the relation between coloration and ...
EVIDENCE FROM EXPERIMENTS WITH WILD ANIMALS ( 1 ) Insect Coloration ,
and the Relative Acceptability of Insects to Birds Among the most extensive and
valuable experiments yet undertaken on the relation between coloration and ...
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Some thirty or forty of the insects had settled on a nearly leafless branch , with
their ... In a letter he states that he mistook the insect cluster for a most beautiful
dove - coloured pea flower , and it was not until he had gathered it , with a view to
...
Some thirty or forty of the insects had settled on a nearly leafless branch , with
their ... In a letter he states that he mistook the insect cluster for a most beautiful
dove - coloured pea flower , and it was not until he had gathered it , with a view to
...
Page 403
The adult insects fly in the same surroundings , and their larv¿ live in the same
nests . At first sight , therefore , such resemblances might be considered as due to
common environmental factors . However , closer investigation of the insects ...
The adult insects fly in the same surroundings , and their larv¿ live in the same
nests . At first sight , therefore , such resemblances might be considered as due to
common environmental factors . However , closer investigation of the insects ...
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