Download or read book The Nature of Animal Colours written by Harold Munro Fox and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction -- Structural colours -- Melanin -- Sclerotin, ommochromes and Tyrian purple -- Carotenoids -- Haemoglobin and chlorocruorin -- Haemochromogens, porphyrins and bilins -- Haemocyanin, haemerythrin and haemovanadin -- Quinone pigments -- Guanine, pterins and flavins -- Miscellany -- Laboratory work -- Appendix: Synopsis of animal colours -- References and author index -- Subject index.