Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen, 1957 - 508 pages |
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Page 191
... interesting to find that the efficient reception of red light by the eye of diurnal birds is linked up with the extensive use , by utterly unlike organisms and structures , of orange , vermilion , crimson , and scarlet , in typical bird ...
... interesting to find that the efficient reception of red light by the eye of diurnal birds is linked up with the extensive use , by utterly unlike organisms and structures , of orange , vermilion , crimson , and scarlet , in typical bird ...
Page 207
... interesting , mechanism , whose operation is temporary . This machinery is set to work at particular times , under special circumstances — when its effect is needed — for instance , when its possessor is in danger , in battle , or in ...
... interesting , mechanism , whose operation is temporary . This machinery is set to work at particular times , under special circumstances — when its effect is needed — for instance , when its possessor is in danger , in battle , or in ...
Page 226
... interesting : in their different aspects they may be inter- specific or intraspecific . There are the love - songs of Crickets and Toads and Nightingales , correlated with courtship , which serve to bring the opposite sexes together ...
... interesting : in their different aspects they may be inter- specific or intraspecific . There are the love - songs of Crickets and Toads and Nightingales , correlated with courtship , which serve to bring the opposite sexes together ...
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