rock-thrush

These struggles are generally decided by the law of battle, but in the case of birds, apparently, by the charms of their song, by their beauty or their power of courtship, as in the dancing rock-thrush of Guiana.

Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various

Can you aid me with respect to birds which have strongly marked secondary sexual characters, such as birds of paradise, humming-birds, the rupicola or rock-thrush, or any other such cases?

Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1 James Marchant

Can you aid me with respect to birds which have strongly marked secondary sexual characters, such as birds of paradise, humming-birds, the rupicola or rock-thrush, or any other such cases?

Alfred Russel Wallace Letters and Reminiscences Marchant, James 1916

The first is the blue-headed rock-thrush (_Petrophila cinclorhyncha_).

Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916

The rock-thrush of Guiana, birds of paradise, and some others, congregate; and successive males display with the most elaborate care, and show off in the best manner, their gorgeous plumage; they likewise perform strange antics before the females, which, standing by as spectators, at last choose the most attractive partner.

The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science Various 1909

The rock-thrush of Guiana, birds of paradise, and some others, congregate; and successive males display their gorgeous plumage and perform strange antics before the females, which standing by as spectators, at last choose the most attractive partner.

On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life 1859

The rock-thrush of Guiana, birds of Paradise, and some others, congregate; and successive males display their gorgeous plumage and perform strange antics before the females, which standing by as spectators, at last choose the most attractive partner.

On the Origin of Species~ Chapter 04 (historical) Charles Darwin 1859

The rock-thrush of Guiana, birds of Paradise, and some others, congregate; and successive males display their gorgeous plumage and perform strange antics before the females, which standing by as spectators, at last choose the most attractive partner.

On the origin of species Charles Darwin 1845

The rock-thrush of Guiana, birds of Paradise, and some others, congregate; and successive males display their gorgeous plumage and perform strange antics before the females, which, standing by as spectators, at last choose the most attractive partner.

On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. (2nd edition) Charles Darwin 1845

These struggles are generally decided by the law of battle; but in the case of birds, apparently, by the charms of their song {235}, by their beauty or their power of courtship, as in the dancing rock-thrush of Guiana.

The Foundations of the Origin of Species Two Essays written in 1842 and 1844 Charles Darwin 1845