Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Year of Publication: | 1958 |
Authors: | Goodwin, D |
Journal: | Ibis |
Volume: | 100 |
Issue: | 1 |
Date Published: | 1958 |
ISBN Number: | 1474-919X |
Keywords: | Alectoris, Alectoris rufa, Perdix, Perdix perdix, Phasianidae |
Abstract: | Summary 1. The submissive display is described. It is sometimes given when the bird appears to be simultaneously frightened and attracted by a fellow member of the species. 2. The pairing behaviour of some individual captive birds is described. Some degree of mutual fear and hostility seems to be a necessary correlate of sexual attraction in this species. Birds that know and are at ease with one another do not pair. 3. A young male showed (in autumn) behaviour similar to that of a female ready to pair when introduced to an old and aggressive male. A possible biological function of such behaviour is suggested. |
URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919X.1958.tb00366.x |
Short Title: | Ibis |
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