. Animal coloration; an account of the principal facts and theories relating to the colours and markings of animals. Animals. PEOTECTIVE COLORATION. 125 and prolonged attention be given to them, ai'e dotted over with pigment spots varying in number and position. If the reader will take the trouble to refer to any work in which such pelagic larvcB are iigured,* he will at once see that the general trans- parency is interfered with by these spots. The accompanying figure of Jlysis shows the ramified pigment patches; they (the spots) are, -it is true, not very evident to our eyes; but if we. Fig.
. Animal coloration; an account of the principal facts and theories relating to the colours and markings of animals. Animals. PEOTECTIVE COLORATION. 125 and prolonged attention be given to them, ai'e dotted over with pigment spots varying in number and position. If the reader will take the trouble to refer to any work in which such pelagic larvcB are iigured,* he will at once see that the general trans- parency is interfered with by these spots. The accompanying figure of Jlysis shows the ramified pigment patches; they (the spots) are, -it is true, not very evident to our eyes; but if we. Fig. 9.—Mj'His. imagine ourselves of the same size as the minute members of the pelagic fauna, or imagine them of the same size as our- selves, it is difficult to believe in invisibility. An animal floating about in the sea, j^erfectly transparent but decked with dense black patches, of the size of saucers, would * For example, • the elaborate and well-illustrated Memoir of Prof. Macintosh and Mr. Prince, Trans. Roy. Soc, Edhihin-gh, 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 Beddard, Frank E. (Frank Evers), 1858-1925. London, S. Sonnenschein; New York, Macmillan
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