The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex (1871) (20245742423)

Title: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex
Identifier: descentofmansel02darw (find matches)
Year: 1871 (1870s)
Authors: Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882
Subjects: Evolution (Biology); Sexual selection in animals; Sexual dimorphism (Animals); Sex differences; Human beings
Publisher: New York, D. Appleton and company
Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Princeton Theological Seminary Library



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194 SEXUAL SELECTION: BIRDS. (Part 11. first plumage are said to resemble the mature male." There is also reason to believe that the male undertakes the duty of incubation, for Mr. Swinhoe'" found the fe-
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FiG. 60.—Rhynchaea capcnsis (from Brehm). males before the close of the summer associated in flocks, as occurs with the females of the Turnix, The females of Phalaropus fidlcariiis and P. hyperho- reics are larger, and in their summer plumage " more gayly '8 'The Indian Field,' Sept. 1858, p. 3. '9 ' Ibis,' 18G6, p. 298.