The Body of a Bird 



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in this and in many other so-railed protectively coloured 

 birds, other factors, such as the direct effect of light on 



Fig 250. —Snowy Owl. Ag;gres,'iive coloration in an Arctic Owl. 



the plumage, enter into the causation, can only be solved 

 by future thorough investigation. 



Albinos are occasionally found among widely different 



