. The study of animal life [microform]. Zoology; Zoologie. CHAP. IV Shifts for a Living 57 9. Mimicry.—Mr. Poulton has carefully traced the transi- from warning to mimetic appearance, and it is evident that if hungry animals have been so much impressed with the frequent association of unpalatableness and conspicuous colours that they do not molest certain bright and nauseous forms, then there is a ch;uice that palatable forms may also escape if they are sufficient y like those which are passed by. The term mimicry is restricted to those cases. Fig. 9.—Hornet {Priocnemis) above, .nnd mime
. The study of animal life [microform]. Zoology; Zoologie. CHAP. IV Shifts for a Living 57 9. Mimicry.—Mr. Poulton has carefully traced the transi- from warning to mimetic appearance, and it is evident that if hungry animals have been so much impressed with the frequent association of unpalatableness and conspicuous colours that they do not molest certain bright and nauseous forms, then there is a ch;uice that palatable forms may also escape if they are sufficient y like those which are passed by. The term mimicry is restricted to those cases. Fig. 9.—Hornet {Priocnemis) above, .nnd mimetic bug {Spinigcr) beneath. (From Belt.) " in which a group of animals in the same habitat, character- ibed by a certain type of colour and pattern, are in part specially protected to an eminent degree (the mimicked), and in part entirely without special protection (the mimickers); so that the latter live entirely upon the reputation of the ; Tlie fact was " discovered by Bates in Tropical America (1862), then by Wallace in Tropical Asia and Malaya (1866), and by Trimen in South Africa (1870)"; while Kirby, in 1815, referred to the advantage of a certain fly being like a bee, and of a certain spider resembling an ant. 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 Thomson, J. Arthur (John Arthur), 1861-1933; Knight, Professor. Toronto : Morang
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