PREFERENCE BY THE FEMALE. 
121 
Ca. 
: 4 p. 
XIV. 
adve 
thi^^s are always made by the female 
- °f the same kind 
some- 
accordincr to 
A Ur ]'' . the same kind takes place, 
\\’ip 4 'i' 11 ’ vvith the older females of the wild turkey. 
Wbjpt ,' e Capercailzie, the females flit round the male, 
Uu c | ,. le ts parading at one of the places of assemblage, 
1CI ^ Itis attention . 28 We have seen that a tame 
fjw. .! lek seduced after a long courtship on unwilling 
u 
>> lit, 
Mr. Bartlett believes that the Lopho- 
- many other gallinaceous birds, is naturally 
• ^anions, but two females cannot be placed in the 
a male, as they fight so much together, 
it r e l. r° Wlu S instance of rivalry is more surprising as 
j* es to bullfinches, which usually pair for life. 
^hUalr n - llei ^ ek ' introduced a dull-coloured and ugly 
attotb av iary, and she immediately attacked 
k ad | Q tinted female so unmercifully that the latter 
s hiv. )0 separated. The new female did all the court- 
4 - 1 "' 1 
for 
e . j " as at last successful, for she paired with the 
after a time she met with a just retribution, 
°lcl /, as 'ng to be pugnacious, Mr. Weir replaced the 
h;t„ ' ,n “ 
male 
In 
to his 
and the male then deserted his new and 
ftee «pt ■ ° rdiuai T eases the male is so eager that lie will 
tkef ei , U,l - V female, and does not, as far as we can judge, 
'Vo sb.jj 16 f° the other ; but exceptions to this rule, as 
Rafter see, apparently occur in some few 
old lov 
;e. 
°ae |. a ‘ ^ iff 1 domesticated birds, I have heard of only 
111 " dl ' ck the males shew any preference for 
"ho, a / females, namely, that of the domestic cock, 
IX, to the high authority of Mr. Hewitt, 
e younger to the older hens. On the other 
% It) 
l'or k a U(l tH^ i° P ca f' ow t see Sir E. Heron, ‘ Proo. Zoolog. Soc.’ 1835, 
thirl- 6 ^ CV ‘ ^ xon j ‘Ornamental Poultry,* 1848, p. 8. 
ftiivi^ 0 ?’ ^ u tlubon, ibid. p. 4. For the capercailzie, Lloyd, 
8 °f Sweden/ • ,cw ‘~ 
18(37, p. 23. 
