The courtship of Animals
by W. P. Pycraft
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About this eBook
- Author
- Pycraft, W. P. (William Plane), 1868-1942
- Title
- The Courtship of Animals
- Credits
- Produced by Turgut Dincer (This file was produced from images made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- QL: Science: Zoology
- Subject
- Animal behavior
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 60517
- Release Date
- October 18, 2019
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Courtship of Animals
- 2.PREFACE
- 3.CONTENTS
- 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- 5.CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
- 6.CHAPTER II “MANKIND IN THE MAKING”
- 7.CHAPTER III MAN’S COUSINS THE APES
- 8.CHAPTER IV AT DAGGERS DRAWN
- 9.CHAPTER V THE LION AND HIS KIN
- 10.CHAPTER VI COURTSHIP AMONG BIRDS
- 11.CHAPTER VII THE SEXUAL SELECTION THEORY AS APPLIED TO BIRDS
- 12.CHAPTER VIII SOME “COLD-BLOODED” LOVERS
- 13.CHAPTER IX LOVE-MAKING AMONG FISHES
- 14.CHAPTER X SOME OF THE “LOWER ORDERS”
- 15.CHAPTER XI BEETLES THAT “BLUFF”
- 16.CHAPTER XII SCORPIONS, SPIDERS AND CRABS
- 17.CHAPTER XIII SOME STRANGE MARRIAGE-CUSTOMS: AND VIRGIN BIRTHS
- 18.CHAPTER XIV PARTHENOGENESIS AND ITS SEQUEL
- 19.INDEX
- 20.ERRATUM
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