RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1870-1871]. Draft of Descent 2: 19-20. CUL-DAR110.B105r. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 1.2023. RN1
NOTE: 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). See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here.
Draft is in the hand of Ebenezer Norman with corrections by Darwin. The text of this draft corresponds to Descent 2: 19-20.
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the males of certain fishes do all the work of building, and afterwards take exclusive charge of the young. This is the case with the dull-coloured gobies32*(31) species, in which the sexes are not known to differ in colour, and likewise with the stickle-backs (Gasterosteus), in which the males become brilliantly coloured during the spawning season.
The male of the smooth-tailed stickleback (G. leiurus) performs for a long time the duties of nurse with extraordinary exemplary care and vigilance during a lengthened period; he is incessantly continually employed in gently leading back the young to the nest when they
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