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This reversal of effect is due to the same cause which renders a white curtain
effective in the ordinary way , namely , to the contrast in tone between the curtain
and the rest of the visual field behind it — in this case , as presented by a black ...
This reversal of effect is due to the same cause which renders a white curtain
effective in the ordinary way , namely , to the contrast in tone between the curtain
and the rest of the visual field behind it — in this case , as presented by a black ...
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This principle of adjacent contrast is especially marked in head disguises . For
instance , Constrictor constrictor ... Similar contrasts are presented by head
markings in Python regius , Oxybelis acuminatus ( Fig . 32 ) , Bitis gabonica (
Plate 25 ) ...
This principle of adjacent contrast is especially marked in head disguises . For
instance , Constrictor constrictor ... Similar contrasts are presented by head
markings in Python regius , Oxybelis acuminatus ( Fig . 32 ) , Bitis gabonica (
Plate 25 ) ...
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Similar contrast effects are found in the Reeve , Cream - coloured Courser ,
Stone - Curlew , Bittern , Quail , and many other birds . The principle is illustrated
even better by the newly hatched young of the Ringed Plover . The coloration of ...
Similar contrast effects are found in the Reeve , Cream - coloured Courser ,
Stone - Curlew , Bittern , Quail , and many other birds . The principle is illustrated
even better by the newly hatched young of the Ringed Plover . The coloration of ...
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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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