The Courtship of AnimalsFront matterReading editionChapter navigation21 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterCourtship of AnimalsPREFACECONTENTSLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONSChapter I · INTRODUCTIONChapter II · “MANKIND IN THE MAKING”Chapter III · MAN’S COUSINS THE APESChapter IV · AT DAGGERS DRAWNChapter V · THE LION AND HIS KINChapter VI · COURTSHIP AMONG BIRDSChapter VII · THE SEXUAL SELECTION THEORY AS APPLIED TO BIRDSChapter VIII · SOME “COLD-BLOODED” LOVERSChapter IX · LOVE-MAKING AMONG FISHESChapter X · SOME OF THE “LOWER ORDERS”Chapter XI · BEETLES THAT “BLUFF”Chapter XII · SCORPIONS, SPIDERS AND CRABSChapter XIII · SOME STRANGE MARRIAGE-CUSTOMS: AND VIRGIN BIRTHSChapter XIV · PARTHENOGENESIS AND ITS SEQUELINDEXERRATUMBeginning of this editionNext chapter →Courtship of AnimalsAll chapters and sections (21)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsCourtship of AnimalsPREFACECONTENTSLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONSChapters1234567891011121314Other sectionsINDEXERRATUMHutchinson’s Nature Library◇THE COURTSHIP OF ANIMALS◇Plate 1.◇LOVE-MAKING.◇Frontispiece.◇Courtship of Animals →