Animal coloration; an account of the principal facts and theories relating to the colours and markings of animals (1892)
Beddard, Frank E. (Frank Evers), 1858-1925 · London, S. Sonnenschein & co.; New York, Macmillan & co. · leaf 129
h is naturally overcast and dull, theyappear almost black. If we can imagine for a moment the * Colours of Animals,p. 205. 116 ANIMAL COLORATION. possibility of snow falling from a cloudless sky, the darknessof the flakes seen against the bright sky would be moremarked still. This difficulty in the… … Fig. l.—Apt<.,wdiilc& jiatctgoiufa (from Brehm). their coloration. Some of them, like the pelican, are strong-birds, which can defend themselves without the help of any suchadventitious aids ; but others are distinctively not so. Mr. W.H. Hudson has called attention to the way in which the…
Color of animals
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