The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4): A Plain Story Simply Told — John Shaqi
The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4): A Plain Story Simply ToldThomson, J. Arthur (John Arthur)
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The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4): A Plain Story Simply Told
Thomson, J. Arthur (John Arthur)
Science
THE WARTY CHAMELEON 140
Photos: W. S. Berridge, F.Z.S.
SEASONAL COLOUR-CHANGE: SUMMER SCENE IN NORTH SCANDINAVIA 141
PROTECTIVE RESEMBLANCE 142
Photo: J. J. Ward, F.E.S.
WHEN ONLY A FEW DAYS OLD, YOUNG BITTERN BEGIN TO STRIKE THE
SAME ATTITUDE AS THEIR PARENTS, THRUSTING THEIR BILLS
UPWARDS AND DRAWING THEIR BODIES UP SO THAT THEY RESEMBLE
A BUNCH OF REEDS 143
PROTECTIVE COLORATION OR CAMOUFLAGING, GIVING ANIMALS A
GARMENT OF INVISIBILITY (_Coloured Illustration_) 144
ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF PROTECTIVE COLORATION (_Coloured
Illustration_) 144
DEAD-LEAF BUTTERFLY (_Kallima Inachis_) FROM INDIA 146
PROTECTIVE RESEMBLANCE BETWEEN A SMALL SPIDER (_to the
left_) AND AN ANT (_to the right_) 146
THE WASP BEETLE, WHICH, WHEN MOVING AMONGST THE BRANCHES,
GIVES A WASP-LIKE IMPRESSION 147
Photo: J. J. Ward, F.E.S.
HERMIT-CRAB WITH PARTNER SEA-ANEMONES 147
CUCKOO-SPIT 147
Photo: G. P. Duffus.
CHIMPANZEE, SITTING 156
Photo: New York Zoological Park.
CHIMPANZEE, ILLUSTRATING WALKING POWERS 156
Photo: New York Zoological Park.
SURFACE VIEW OF THE BRAINS OF MAN AND CHIMPANZEE 157
SIDE-VIEW OF CHIMPANZEE'S HEAD 157
Photo: New York Zoological Park.
PROFILE VIEW OF HEAD OF PITHECANTHROPUS, THE JAVA APE-MAN,
RECONSTRUCTED FROM THE SKULL-CAP 157
After a model by J. H. McGregor.
THE FLIPPER OF A WHALE AND THE HAND OF A MAN 157
THE GORILLA, INHABITING THE FOREST TRACT OF THE GABOON IN
AFRICA (_Coloured Illustration_) 158
"DARWIN'S POINT" ON HUMAN EAR 160
PROFESSOR SIR ARTHUR KEITH, M.D., LL.D., F.R.S. 161
Photo: J. Russell & Sons.
SKELETONS OF THE GIBBON, ORANG, CHIMPANZEE, GORILLA, MAN 161
After T. H. Huxley (by permission of Messrs. Macmillan).
SIDE-VIEW OF SKULL OF MAN AND GORILLA 164
THE SKULL AND BRAIN-CASE OF PITHECANTHROPUS, THE JAVA
APE-MAN, AS RESTORED BY J. H. MCGREGOR FROM THE SCANTY
REMAINS 164
SUGGESTED GENEALOGICAL TREE OF MAN AND ANTHROPOID APES 165
THE GIBBON IS LOWER THAN THE OTHER APES AS REGARDS ITS
SKULL AND DENTITION, BUT IT IS HIGHLY SPECIALIZED IN THE
ADAPTATION OF ITS LIMBS TO ARBOREAL LIFE 166
Photo: New York Zoological Park.
THE ORANG HAS A HIGH ROUNDED SKULL AND A LONG FACE 166
Photo: New York Zoological Park.
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