. Birds through the year . The white parts in its plumage blendwith the reflected light on the mud or water, and the darkerpatches are dispersed and suggest nothing like a bird. Theblack and white markings of the ptarmigan and its com-panions of the snow fields probably have a similar most cases the small black marks are situated at or nearsome extremity ; when they catch an enemys eye on thesnow they would tend to prevent it from getting a general 0,922) 39 306 AUTUMN AND WINTER impression of the whole form. The ermines tuft or haresear-tip would appear like any dark stain or surfac
. Birds through the year . The white parts in its plumage blendwith the reflected light on the mud or water, and the darkerpatches are dispersed and suggest nothing like a bird. Theblack and white markings of the ptarmigan and its com-panions of the snow fields probably have a similar most cases the small black marks are situated at or nearsome extremity ; when they catch an enemys eye on thesnow they would tend to prevent it from getting a general 0,922) 39 306 AUTUMN AND WINTER impression of the whole form. The ermines tuft or haresear-tip would appear like any dark stain or surface shadowon the snow ; and the rest of the white form would blendindistinguishably with its surroundings. In the case of thesnow-bunting the outline would be broken up in the sameway, though the dark patch of the birds back might be morenoticeable. Though conspicuous when flying, its pied mark-ings would hide it efficiently when at rest; and no protectionpattern can do much to conceal a bird or animal when it runsor
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