Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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Page 197
... trees where we knew they were sitting . The peculiar coloration of the plumage of these birds in the hand or in the cabinet is so con- spicuous and striking that it would scarcely be believed that they can occupy leafless branches ( if ...
... trees where we knew they were sitting . The peculiar coloration of the plumage of these birds in the hand or in the cabinet is so con- spicuous and striking that it would scarcely be believed that they can occupy leafless branches ( if ...
Page 328
... tree - stumps or logs , or running on the rough trunks of great trees , where its coloration har- monized wonderfully with lichen - encrusted bark . Its ground - colour varies from brown or olive to silvery - grey , broken by irregular ...
... tree - stumps or logs , or running on the rough trunks of great trees , where its coloration har- monized wonderfully with lichen - encrusted bark . Its ground - colour varies from brown or olive to silvery - grey , broken by irregular ...
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... Tree , 130 Swimming Crab , 126 Swinhoe , Robert , 197 , 248 Swynnerton , C. F. M. , 105 , 130 , 186 , 251 , 252 ... Tree Coney , 432 Tree - Creepers , 132 , 156 , 324 Tree - frogs : aposematic insects rarely eaten by , 274 ; selective ...
... Tree , 130 Swimming Crab , 126 Swinhoe , Robert , 197 , 248 Swynnerton , C. F. M. , 105 , 130 , 186 , 251 , 252 ... Tree Coney , 432 Tree - Creepers , 132 , 156 , 324 Tree - frogs : aposematic insects rarely eaten by , 274 ; selective ...
Contents
THE METHODS BY WHICH CONCEALMENT | 5 |
ADAPTIVE RADIATION IN COLOUR RESEMBLANCE II | 11 |
CONCLUSION | 15 |
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