Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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Page 117
... birds there are some - desert forms like different Larks , Night- jars , and Bustards , shore - dwellers like the Turnstone and Purple Sandpiper , and reed- or bough - haunting species like Bitterns and Wrynecks , whose habits restrict ...
... birds there are some - desert forms like different Larks , Night- jars , and Bustards , shore - dwellers like the Turnstone and Purple Sandpiper , and reed- or bough - haunting species like Bitterns and Wrynecks , whose habits restrict ...
Page 238
... BIRDS AND ACULEATE HYMENOPTERA A number of naturalists have recorded from tropical countries of both New and Old Worlds that certain birds habitually build their nests in close proximity to the nests of venomous and aggressive ...
... BIRDS AND ACULEATE HYMENOPTERA A number of naturalists have recorded from tropical countries of both New and Old Worlds that certain birds habitually build their nests in close proximity to the nests of venomous and aggressive ...
Page 293
... birds , and recognized as such by their coloration . Living wasps , floating on the water , were not touched except twice when the birds were excited with fighting for other food . Then in one case a Coot , and in the other a Mallard ...
... birds , and recognized as such by their coloration . Living wasps , floating on the water , were not touched except twice when the birds were excited with fighting for other food . Then in one case a Coot , and in the other a Mallard ...
Contents
THE METHODS BY WHICH CONCEALMENT | 5 |
ADAPTIVE RADIATION IN COLOUR RESEMBLANCE II | 11 |
CONCLUSION | 15 |
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