PARENTAL AND SEXUAL CHARACTERS 103 
For each species a table can be drawn up, 
like the above table of generalities ; for in- 
stance, in the case of a blackbird (Turdus 
merula) the following table results : 
TasLe II 
PROTECTION OF YOUNG BY PARENTS 
Position. Form. |Movement.| Sound. Scent. Colour. 
show 
hop and 
wn them- 
i] droop flutter male 
selves . loud 
a promi- | “2D8s: trem cackling nil. abtract- 
a «| spread | branch 5 ing 
< jnently in tail t noises. 1 
% |thehedge| ‘ails. 0 colour. 
branch. 
row. 
® | remain | remain : young 
eS con- con- er silent. nil, ope 
5 cealed. | cealed. i seleae: d. 
PROTECTION OF FEMALE BY MALE 
takes up hopsand |. 
promi- droops | ‘gutters ae aie has at- 
| nent bie a from ai Hin nil tracting 
s positions) .. ieee ae branch |° eo a 8 . colour 
on trees, eri to eK (black). 
&c. * | branch. 8 
| d ot | 2088 20t | Lamains crypti- 
3 es A alter til] silent. nil. cally 
EI 080: form. oun coloured, 
a 
