. Domesticated animals and plants; a brief treatise upon the origin and development of domesticated races, with special reference to the methods of improvement. Breeding; Domestic animals; Plants, Cultivated. '4 DOMKSI'U'A rKl) ANIMALS AND I' I'S the habil of resting' with its \vini;s spread tlat and not folded back, as is eharaetoristic of m^st species of the butterth'. Significance of protective coloring and markings. Otiite akin to tiie utihty of weajx^ns is tlie whole matter of protective color- iiii;. H\- this is meant in i;eneral that ci>lor or an assemblage of colors which so blen


. Domesticated animals and plants; a brief treatise upon the origin and development of domesticated races, with special reference to the methods of improvement. Breeding; Domestic animals; Plants, Cultivated. '4 DOMKSI'U'A rKl) ANIMALS AND I' I'S the habil of resting' with its \vini;s spread tlat and not folded back, as is eharaetoristic of m^st species of the butterth'. Significance of protective coloring and markings. Otiite akin to tiie utihty of weajx^ns is tlie whole matter of protective color- iiii;. H\- this is meant in i;eneral that ci>lor or an assemblage of colors which so blends with the stirroundings as to make creatiuvs inconspictiotis on the one hand, or, on the other, to look like somethin;^ which thev are not. as. for exanijile. when an insect or animal is colored similar to the pxiund or the foli- ai^e it inhabits, or when it looks like anotiier species that is. 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 Davenport, E. (Eugene), 1856-1941. Boston, New York, Ginn and company


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