. First lessons in zoology. Zoology. :S6 FIRST LESSONS IN ZOOLOGY some special thing to do to help the animals along". The same is true of the colors and patterns which are such conspicuous features of their external appearance. Try to catch a locust. The insect will be plainly seen as it flies or leaps through the air, but how when it alights on the ground.' If you do not watch carefully to see it alight, }-ou will have great difficulty in finding it Fig. 224,—The rL-ath's-liead spliinx-motli; ntite skull-like markings nn thorax {belwecii wini^S). 1 liis moth i> looked 011 with
. First lessons in zoology. Zoology. :S6 FIRST LESSONS IN ZOOLOGY some special thing to do to help the animals along". The same is true of the colors and patterns which are such conspicuous features of their external appearance. Try to catch a locust. The insect will be plainly seen as it flies or leaps through the air, but how when it alights on the ground.' If you do not watch carefully to see it alight, }-ou will have great difficulty in finding it Fig. 224,—The rL-ath's-liead spliinx-motli; ntite skull-like markings nn thorax {belwecii wini^S). 1 liis moth i> looked 011 with su])erstitious dread b)' many pecjple. (Natural size; jihotoi^raph ;y the author.) It is almost indistinguishable among the pebbles, bits of twigs, and soil of the surface. It resembles its surround- ings in coloration and undoubtedly is thus often saved from pursuing enemies. A bird sees a locust flying. The locust alights and rests quietly on the ground; if distin- guished the bird seizx'S it and it loses its life; if not dis- tinguished the locust is saved, and saved by its color. Sf) color is f)f use to the locust. But )iinv aliiiut tlif birds themselvc-s- the 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 Kellogg, Vernon L. (Vernon Lyman), 1867-1937. New York, H. Holt and Company
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