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in being highly conspicuous and breeds deep in a rabbit burrow , in both of which
respects she differs from most duck , which are cryptic in colour and nest in
exposed places . An apparent exception is presented by the Oyster - Catcher — a
...
in being highly conspicuous and breeds deep in a rabbit burrow , in both of which
respects she differs from most duck , which are cryptic in colour and nest in
exposed places . An apparent exception is presented by the Oyster - Catcher — a
...
Page 197
The peculiar coloration of the plumage of these birds in the hand or in the cabinet
is so conspicuous and striking that it would scarcely be believed that they can
occupy leafless branches ( if there be foliage behind and above them ) with the ...
The peculiar coloration of the plumage of these birds in the hand or in the cabinet
is so conspicuous and striking that it would scarcely be believed that they can
occupy leafless branches ( if there be foliage behind and above them ) with the ...
Page 370
Here again , the tail ' -in reality the posterior part of the foot — is both more
conspicuous than the rest of the body , and is easily shed and afterwards
regenerated ( 564 ) . Semper records that about 10 per cent of the individuals of
one species ...
Here again , the tail ' -in reality the posterior part of the foot — is both more
conspicuous than the rest of the body , and is easily shed and afterwards
regenerated ( 564 ) . Semper records that about 10 per cent of the individuals of
one species ...
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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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Bibliographic information
| Title | Adaptive Coloration in Animals |
| Author | Hugh Bamford Cott |
| Contributor | Julian Sorell Huxley |
| Publisher | Methuen & Company, Limited, 1940 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 23 veeb. 2009 |
| Length | 508 pages |
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