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Page 260
... coloured . The Australian kangaroos are of the same tints , and the original colour of the wild horse is supposed to have been a sandy or clay - colour . " The desert birds are still more remarka- bly protected by their assimilative ...
... coloured . The Australian kangaroos are of the same tints , and the original colour of the wild horse is supposed to have been a sandy or clay - colour . " The desert birds are still more remarka- bly protected by their assimilative ...
Page 261
... colour would be instantly seen . Owls and goatsuckers are of those dark mottled tints that will assimilate with bark and lichen , and thus protect them during the day , and at the same time be inconspicu- ous in the dusk . It is only in ...
... colour would be instantly seen . Owls and goatsuckers are of those dark mottled tints that will assimilate with bark and lichen , and thus protect them during the day , and at the same time be inconspicu- ous in the dusk . It is only in ...
Page 262
... colour of the gravel or sand on which they habitually rest . Among the marine flower gardens of an Eastern coral reef , the fishes present every variety of gorgeous colour , while the river fish even of the tropics rarely if ever have ...
... colour of the gravel or sand on which they habitually rest . Among the marine flower gardens of an Eastern coral reef , the fishes present every variety of gorgeous colour , while the river fish even of the tropics rarely if ever have ...
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