RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1870-1871]. Draft of Descent "Birds Ch 13", folio 18, fair copy. CUL-DAR109.B114r. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 11.2022. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volumes CUL-DAR108-111 contain material for Darwin's book Forms of flowers (1877).
Draft is in the hand of Ebenezer Norman with corrections by Darwin. The text of this draft corresponds to Descent 2: 50-1.
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from a female the males begin to fight furiously, and the weaker give way; but then, according to Audubon, both the victors and vanquished seach for the female, so that the females either must either then exert some a choice, or the battle must be n renewed. So again with one of the starlings of the same country United States (Sturnus ludovicianus) the males engage in fierce conflicts, "but at the sight of a female, they all fly after her as if mad." *24
Vocal and instrumental music:—
With birds the voice is used for various purposes; it
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