COLOR AND PROTECTIVE -RESEMBLANCES 433 



Alluring coloration. A few animals show what is 

 called alluring coloration ; that is, they display a color 

 pattern so arranged as to resemble or mimic a flower or 

 other lure, and thus entice to them other animals, their 



FIG. 165. The monarch butterfly, Anosia plexippiis (above), distasteful to 

 birds, and the viceroy, Basilarchia archippus (below), which mimics it. 

 From specimens.) 



natural prey. Certain Brazilian fly-catching birds have a 

 brilliantly colored crest which can be displayed in the 

 shape of a flower-cup. The insects attracted by the false 

 flower furnish the bird with food. In the tribe of fishes 

 called the "anglers" or " fishing frogs," the front rays 

 of the dorsal fin are prolonged in the shape of long slender 

 filaments, the foremost and longest of which has a flat- 

 tened and divided extremity. The angler conceals itself 

 in the mud or in the cavities of a coral reef, and waves 

 the filament back and forth. Small fish are attracted 



