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PART II. SEXUAL SELECTION - continued. 3 FISHES: Courtship and battles of the males - Larger size of the females - Males, bright colours and ornamental appendages; other strange characters - Colours and appendages acquired by the males during the breeding-season alone - Fishes with both3 sexes brilliantly coloured- Protective colours - The less conspicuous colours of the female cannot be accounted for on the principle of protection - Male fishes building nests, and taking charge of the ova and young. AMPHIBIANS: Différences in structure and colour between the sexes - Vocal organs. REPTILES: Chelonians - Crocodiles - Snakes, colours in some cases protective - Lizards, battles of - Ornamental appendages - Strange différences in structure between the sexes - Colours - Sexual différences almost as great as with birds 15 Sexual différences - Law of battle - Special weapons - Vocal organs - Instrumental music - Love-antics and dances - Décorations, permanent and seasonal - Double and single annual moults - Display of ornaments by the males 52 Choice exerted by the female - Length of courtship - Unpaired birds - Mental qualities and taste for the beautiful - Preference or antipathy shewn

Author

Darwin, Charles (1809-1882)

Language

EN