. A manual of zoology. Zoology. 50 GENERAL VIUNVIPLEH OF ZOOLOGY. excellences. AVitli strong wings and -with spurs the cock main- tains possession of his flock, the stag hy means of his antlers, the hull with his horns. The hirds of ])aradise h}' means of beautiful coloring win the favor of tlie females, most singing-birds by means of song; many species of the fowl Ijy peculiar love-dances. Since. Fig. —Parrtrffsca a/'of/a, iii;ile. (.\fler Le^'aillant.) all these characters belong chiefly to the male, and since it is only exceptionally that they are iidicrited liy tlie female (and even t
. A manual of zoology. Zoology. 50 GENERAL VIUNVIPLEH OF ZOOLOGY. excellences. AVitli strong wings and -with spurs the cock main- tains possession of his flock, the stag hy means of his antlers, the hull with his horns. The hirds of ])aradise h}' means of beautiful coloring win the favor of tlie females, most singing-birds by means of song; many species of the fowl Ijy peculiar love-dances. Since. Fig. —Parrtrffsca a/'of/a, iii;ile. (.\fler Le^'aillant.) all these characters belong chiefly to the male, and since it is only exceptionally that they are iidicrited liy tlie female (and even then are less pronounced), it is almost certain that in a great measure they have been acquired l)y the males through the strags;'le for the female. In the case of birds a second factor has \in- doulitedly co-o])crated to impress distinctly the often enormous difference between the featliers of the male and of the female—as. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hertwig, Richard, 1850-1937; Kingsley, J. S. (John Sterling), 1854-1929. New York, H. Holt and Company
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