Courtship of Animals

BY W. P. PYCRAFT OF THE ZOOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM: FELLOW OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON; ASSOCIATE OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY: MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE; MEMBER OF THE BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS’ UNION; HON. MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS’ UNION; ETC., ETC. Author of “A History of Birds,” “The Natural History Museum,” “Pads, Paws and Claws,” “The Infancy of Animals,” etc., etc., etc. With 40 Plates on art paper Containing over 80 Illustrations THIRD EDITION LONDON HUTCHINSON & CO. PATERNOSTER ROW

I DEDICATE THIS VOLUME TO H. ELIOT HOWARD WHOSE OBSERVATIONS OF THE COURTSHIP OF BIRDS RECORDED IN HIS “HISTORY OF THE BRITISH WARBLERS” CONSTITUTE A BEACON FOR ALL ENGAGED IN THE STUDY OF ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR