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Brehm. vol. 4. Polygamy

p. 990

Few Birds polygamist

|| || More males than females, hence batchelors or widowers wandering about - thinks female often false.

When male Killed in half-an-hour mated — a 3d time. (p 991.) Q

Thinks males most attached.

Wooing long of Birds — & hunts for hours (Swans Goose) after female - - - generally obeys husband soon.

Ground Birds build on ground — swamp-birds on swamps

Tree birds in trees

(Brehm evidently does not believe in ♀ exerting much choice of ♂.)

p. 991 — Allied birds, even of same genus nidificate differently???

Brehm, Alfred Edmund. 1864-1867. Illustrirtes Thierleben. Eine allgemeine Kunde des Thierreichs. 4 vols. Hildburghausen: Verlag der Bibliographischen Instituts. [Darwin Library-Down] vol. 1 PDF vol. 2 PDF vol. 3 PDF vol. 4 PDF Darwin cited this in Descent 2: p. 50, n22: "Brehm, 'Thierleben,' &c., B. iv. 1867, p. 990." and p. 106, n6: "Brehm, ('Thierleben,' B. iv. s. 991) also alludes to cases of birds thrice mated during same day."