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these theories. These are the carnivora which bear anal stink-glands, and, among insects, those armed with stings at their rear end. In the first place, very few of these species wear the so-called badge conspicuously
Fig. 7 shows the fundamental optically disruptive effect of pattern. Against each background the bird loses that part of its form which matches it.
near their weapon, or anywhere that would call attention to the situation of such weapon. (Entomologists have been keen to cite any
