CHAPTER X 



MIMICRY AND PROTECTIVE RESEMBLANCE IN COLOUR 

 OF BIRDS 



Female of Pnpilio inerope 

 (Fam. Papilionida). 



Female of Amauris ni'avius 

 (Fam. Danaida). 



Mimicry in insects Curassow and Caracara Drongo and Black 

 Cuckoo Orioles and Helmeted Honey-eaters Owl-Parrot 

 Thick-knees Pennant-winged Nightjar Argentine Little Bittern 

 Ptarmigan and Willow-Grouse. 



A VERY interesting phenomenon in connection with the 

 colouration of animals is that known as "mimicry." Lately 

 it has become the fashion to speak of this as " unconscious " 

 mimicry, by which I suppose it is intended to suggest that 

 animals have not the power to change their appearance at 

 will. No one would suppose that they had. but that many 

 animals have changed in course of time, and have adopted 

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