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Page 314
Here Fole sen wimming mong he toating oid aes i fie Vangmove Tees some erall
fishes , which looked so exactly like the leaves , that it was by no means easy to
see which was a leaf and which a fish . The colour of the fish varies from yellow ...
Here Fole sen wimming mong he toating oid aes i fie Vangmove Tees some erall
fishes , which looked so exactly like the leaves , that it was by no means easy to
see which was a leaf and which a fish . The colour of the fish varies from yellow ...
Page 315
The general contour is , indeed , somewhat suggestive of the leaf butterfly
Kallima , and like the butterfly , the fish bears on its surface lines of pigment and
spots like those found in decaying leaves . In these two genera , then , a similar ...
The general contour is , indeed , somewhat suggestive of the leaf butterfly
Kallima , and like the butterfly , the fish bears on its surface lines of pigment and
spots like those found in decaying leaves . In these two genera , then , a similar ...
Page 337
happened zs , sim . . Zamh from goniid¿ ) , diverge widely in their varied
procryptic resemblances . Certain of the latter , for instance , bear the most
extraordinary likeness to fresh or dead leaves , both linear and broad in form ,
and to grasses .
happened zs , sim . . Zamh from goniid¿ ) , diverge widely in their varied
procryptic resemblances . Certain of the latter , for instance , bear the most
extraordinary likeness to fresh or dead leaves , both linear and broad in form ,
and to grasses .
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Adaptive Coloration in Animals |
| Author | Hugh Bamford Cott |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Methuen, 1957 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 12 mai 2006 |
| Length | 508 pages |
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