The Courtship Habits of the Great Crested Grebe |
Contents
FOREWORD by Desmond Morris | 6 |
GENERAL PART | 15 |
The Relations of the Sexes | 31 |
Copyright | |
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active actual already appearance approach associated assume attitude beak begin believe birds body bout of shaking building built ceremony characters close cock colour comes complete course courtship actions crest crested grebe definite described developed direction display diving driven ears emotional erected excitement express face fact feathers female finally followed forward further give given gone grebe habits head hostile initiative interesting later less look male mate mean merely mutual natural neck nest nest-building Note observations odd bird once open water pair pairing attitude passive performance perhaps platform play position possible preening probably raised readiness reason relation repeated rest reversal ruff secondary seems seen Selous sexes sexual short side simply slightly sometimes species strange structures swam swimming tail take place taken tion transference true nest usually watching weed whole wings