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Page 169
According to his method of treatment , a grouse which had inadvertently
swallowed an ant when filling its stomach with heather shoots , would count
equally as an ant - eater and a vegetarian ; or a bird whose stomach was
crammed with a ...
According to his method of treatment , a grouse which had inadvertently
swallowed an ant when filling its stomach with heather shoots , would count
equally as an ant - eater and a vegetarian ; or a bird whose stomach was
crammed with a ...
Page 262
Again , the animal ' s general habits must be considered , because an
advertisement or a cryptic colour - scheme is rendered effective by its method of
display . Under this head we have to include resting attitudes in relation to colour
and ...
Again , the animal ' s general habits must be considered , because an
advertisement or a cryptic colour - scheme is rendered effective by its method of
display . Under this head we have to include resting attitudes in relation to colour
and ...
Page 263
This view , for instance , has been put forward in a very vigorous attack on the
experimental method by McAtee ( 376 ) . The difficulties suggested by this writer
have been answered in detail by Swynnerton ( 609 ) and Poulton ( 324 ) . But the
...
This view , for instance , has been put forward in a very vigorous attack on the
experimental method by McAtee ( 376 ) . The difficulties suggested by this writer
have been answered in detail by Swynnerton ( 609 ) and Poulton ( 324 ) . But the
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