Meaning of obliterative colouration | Babel Free

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Noun. [B2]

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“There is doubtless something in this theory of obliterative coloration.”

“Where several species centre around an abundant successful species whose characteristics are: elusiveness, quickness of flight low to the ground; obliterative colouration; acute vision and wariness, "Dysleptic", (difficult of capture) was suggested by CARPENTER.”

“In regard to their obliterative colouration, Whistler mentions another trait of the birds : " On the ground their colouration renders these Larks very inconspicuous, and an observer walking along is often astonished at the numbers which rise one by one around him and then fly away in a dense flock from the ground which was apparently empty of life."”

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