Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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... method of tabulation which , by itself , may give an entirely false notion of the proportions of different kinds of prey actually eaten . According to his method of treatment , a grouse which had inadvertently swallowed an ant when ...
... method of tabulation which , by itself , may give an entirely false notion of the proportions of different kinds of prey actually eaten . According to his method of treatment , a grouse which had inadvertently swallowed an ant when ...
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... method of display . Under this head we have to include resting attitudes in relation to colour and pattern , habits of exposure or retreat , habits gregarious or solitary , diurnal or nocturnal activity , movement or immobility ...
... method of display . Under this head we have to include resting attitudes in relation to colour and pattern , habits of exposure or retreat , habits gregarious or solitary , diurnal or nocturnal activity , movement or immobility ...
Page 492
... method of approaching , 415 Eltringham , H. , 436 Emu : cryptic coloration of young , 22 ; aboriginal method of hunting , 415 Enemy , sight of inducing cryptic attitude : in frogmouth , 120 ; in spotted sand- piper , 135 ; in ' poor ...
... method of approaching , 415 Eltringham , H. , 436 Emu : cryptic coloration of young , 22 ; aboriginal method of hunting , 415 Enemy , sight of inducing cryptic attitude : in frogmouth , 120 ; in spotted sand- piper , 135 ; in ' poor ...
Contents
THE METHODS BY WHICH CONCEALMENT | 5 |
ADAPTIVE RADIATION IN COLOUR RESEMBLANCE II | 11 |
CONCLUSION | 15 |
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