...disguises is clear from a paragraph in the " Introduction " by Mr. AH Thayer himself. He writes : — " This discovery that patterns and utmost contrasts...mimicry devices (ie mimicry of one species by another), &c., since these are all attempts to explain an entirely false conception that such patterns make their...

...fatal blow to the various theories that these patterns exist mainly as nuptial dress, warning colours, mimicry devices (ie, mimicry of one species by another),...attempts to explain an entirely false conception that such patterns make their wearers conspicuous;' seems to me hard to believe in the case of the male...

...(introduction, by AH Thayer, p. 4), "that patterns and utmost contrasts of color (not to speak of a />p< adages) on animals make wholly for their obliteration, is...as nuptial dress, warning colors, mimicry devices («. e., mimicry of one species by another), etc., since these are all attempts to explain an entirely...