Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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Page 134
... cryptic attitudes , as opposed merely to cryptic habits in general : and it will be pertinent here to point out that with lizards and many other groups of animals besides birds , this special posing and assumption of absolute stillness ...
... cryptic attitudes , as opposed merely to cryptic habits in general : and it will be pertinent here to point out that with lizards and many other groups of animals besides birds , this special posing and assumption of absolute stillness ...
Page 162
... cryptic coloration and immobility are two . The above writers justly stress the vital part played by stillness — a part so well acted in the field by innumerable cryptic creatures ; but whether at rest or in motion , a cryptic colour ...
... cryptic coloration and immobility are two . The above writers justly stress the vital part played by stillness — a part so well acted in the field by innumerable cryptic creatures ; but whether at rest or in motion , a cryptic colour ...
Page 505
... Cryptic Resemblance : to bark , 97 , 322-324 to cœlenterates , 338-339 to coral , 350 to crinoids , 339 to excrement , 330-333 , 393-395 to flowers , 344-345 , 391-392 to fungus , 342 to grass , 351 , 354 Squid cryptic function of ...
... Cryptic Resemblance : to bark , 97 , 322-324 to cœlenterates , 338-339 to coral , 350 to crinoids , 339 to excrement , 330-333 , 393-395 to flowers , 344-345 , 391-392 to fungus , 342 to grass , 351 , 354 Squid cryptic function of ...
Contents
THE METHODS BY WHICH CONCEALMENT | 5 |
ADAPTIVE RADIATION IN COLOUR RESEMBLANCE II | 11 |
CONCLUSION | 15 |
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