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Mimicry

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REFERRING to Mr. Stokoe's letter in NATURE, vol. xxvii., p. 508, and to his remarks on the defective vision of the Teleostei as proved by the very poor imitations of insects which are sufficient to entrap them, have not bats and swallows—animals of certainly more than normal acuteness of vision—been hooked on several occasions by the flyfisher?

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MORGAN, H. Mimicry. Nature 27, 531 (1883). https://doi.org/10.1038/027531f0

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