. In nature's workshop [microform]. Sciences de la vie; Natural history; Life sciences; Sciences naturelles. Masquerades and Disguises 99 number of animals belonging to the most different Ir^'t oT *'' n'.' ^^^"'•'^"^y °^ resembling" as It IS often called "mimicking," sundry other animals to which they are not reklly in the^easJ degree related. As before, I will begin with a smgle good typical ex- ^ ample of such mimicry, and when we have thoroughly compre- hended its nature and meaning, will pass on to the principles which govern the practice in all similar cases. No.
. In nature's workshop [microform]. Sciences de la vie; Natural history; Life sciences; Sciences naturelles. Masquerades and Disguises 99 number of animals belonging to the most different Ir^'t oT *'' n'.' ^^^"'•'^"^y °^ resembling" as It IS often called "mimicking," sundry other animals to which they are not reklly in the^easJ degree related. As before, I will begin with a smgle good typical ex- ^ ample of such mimicry, and when we have thoroughly compre- hended its nature and meaning, will pass on to the principles which govern the practice in all similar cases. No. 6 shows us, be- low, a specimen of the common English hornet. Now, every- body knows that the hornet is a large red and brown and yellow wasp, very active and irritable, with a nasty, aggressive temper, and an unpleasant way of stinging on the slightest provocation, or none at all for that matter. Further- more, everybody who has once been stung by a hornet-as I have been not infrequently in the cause of science-is keenly aware ?hat a hornIS stmg bears to an ordinary wasp's the same relation as scourging with scorpions bears to scourging wUh. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Allen, Grant, 1848-1899. Toronto : W. Briggs
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