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