Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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Page 54
... markings of the beetle Lithinus nigrocristatus ( Plate 43 ) ; of newly hatched Little Grebes and Jaçanas ; of tree frogs such as Hyla leucophyllata ( Fig . 20 ) from the Amazon and Megalixalus fornasinii ( Fig . 19 ) from the Zambesi ...
... markings of the beetle Lithinus nigrocristatus ( Plate 43 ) ; of newly hatched Little Grebes and Jaçanas ; of tree frogs such as Hyla leucophyllata ( Fig . 20 ) from the Amazon and Megalixalus fornasinii ( Fig . 19 ) from the Zambesi ...
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... markings or sets of markings accurately coincides with and continues the pattern of an adjacent segment . Such an arrangement is illustrated in Fig . 21 . What is the effect of this coincidence ? We have already seen that the dis ...
... markings or sets of markings accurately coincides with and continues the pattern of an adjacent segment . Such an arrangement is illustrated in Fig . 21 . What is the effect of this coincidence ? We have already seen that the dis ...
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... markings bearing to one another a relation somewhat like those on the fixed and movable scales of a vernier . It is obviously impossible to relate both sets to a common series of underlying segments . If the markings of a Tiger are due ...
... markings bearing to one another a relation somewhat like those on the fixed and movable scales of a vernier . It is obviously impossible to relate both sets to a common series of underlying segments . If the markings of a Tiger are due ...
Contents
THE METHODS BY WHICH CONCEALMENT | 5 |
ADAPTIVE RADIATION IN COLOUR RESEMBLANCE II | 11 |
CONCLUSION | 15 |
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