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Page 38
At a little distance the creature is seen to lose all appearance of solidity , an effect
which is in this case enhanced by the white markings on the flanks . These
resemble , or at any rate suggest , flecks of sunlight , and , as it were , carry the
eye of ...
At a little distance the creature is seen to lose all appearance of solidity , an effect
which is in this case enhanced by the white markings on the flanks . These
resemble , or at any rate suggest , flecks of sunlight , and , as it were , carry the
eye of ...
Page 96
The disruptive effect thus produced is not less remarkable for the fact that , unlike
that of the zebra , it is a temporary manifestation of the complex chromatophoral
mechanism . We may here note in passing the very interesting fact — which will ...
The disruptive effect thus produced is not less remarkable for the fact that , unlike
that of the zebra , it is a temporary manifestation of the complex chromatophoral
mechanism . We may here note in passing the very interesting fact — which will ...
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Now , as a matter of fact this is precisely the effect produced by the heavy black or
sepia or chocolate markings typically found on the eggs we are considering ; and
it is precisely these markings , and the false appearance of broken light and ...
Now , as a matter of fact this is precisely the effect produced by the heavy black or
sepia or chocolate markings typically found on the eggs we are considering ; and
it is precisely these markings , and the false appearance of broken light and ...
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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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