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CHAPTER LXIV.-ASSOCIATION OF ORGANISMS COURTSHIP 



AND MATING 



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The Law of Battle and the Law of Beauty - - 143 



COURTSHIP AND MATING OF MAMMALS (MAMMALIA) 

 THE LAW OF BATTLE Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) ... 144 



THE LAW OF BEAUTY Lion, Goat, Mandrill (Papio mormon]. Red Deer (Cervus 



elaphus\ American Howling Monkeys (Mycetes) - - - 145 



COURTSHIP AND MATING OF BIRDS (AvES) 

 THE LAW OF BATTLE Ostrich, Sand-Pipers, Ruffs, Chaffinches, &c. - - 146 



THE LAW OF BEAUTY Males of ordinary Farmyard Birds. Pheasants. Peacock 

 (Pauo cristatus}. Scarlet Tragopan (Ceriornis satyrus). Singing Birds. 

 Bustards (Otis). Musk-Duck (Cairina) 148 



COURTSHIP AND MATING OF REPTILES (REPTILIA) 



THE LAW OF BATTLE Chameleons. American Alligator (Alligator Mississippi- 



ensis) - - - - - - - - - - - -151 



THE LAW OF BEAUTY Throat-Pouch of Indian Lizard (Sitana). Scent-Glands 



of Crocodiles, Snakes, and Lizards - - - - - - - - -152 



COURTSHIP AND MATING OF AMPHIBIANS (AMPHIBIA) 

 THE LAW OF BATTLE Frogs and Toads - - - - - - - - 152 



THE LAW OF BEAUTY Great Crested Newt (Molge cristatus), Edible Frog (Rana 



esculentd] - 152 



COURTSHIP AND MATING OF FISHES (PISCES) 



THE LAW OF BATTLE Salmon (Salmo salar\ Three-spined Stickleback (Gaster- 



osteus aculeatus) - 154 



THE LAW OF BEAUTY Dragonet or Golden Skulpin (Callionymus lyra\ an 



Indian Flat- Fish (A rnoglossus macrolophus) - 157 



COURTSHIP AND MATING OF INSECTS (INSECTA) 



THE LAW OF BATTLE Beetles, Saw-Flies, &c. - 1 59 



THE LAW OF BEAUTY Butterflies. Musical Organs. Assembling of Male Moths 160 



THE FINDING OF MATES Olfactory Organs, Eyes, Luminous Organs - 163 



COURTSHIP AND MATING OF SPIDERS (ARANEID^E) 

 Hunting Spiders (Attidce) - 166 



COURTSHIP AND MATING OF CRUSTACEANS (CRUSTACEA) 

 Indian Fiddler Crab (Gelasimus annulipes) - - - - - - - -168 



