Motherhood and the Relationships of the Sexes
CONTENTS OF CHAPTER V  PARENTHOOD AMONG BIRDS  WITH FURTHER EXAMPLES OF GOOD FATHERS       Recapitulation of facts established—Reversal of sex     attributes—Courting females and nursing males among certain     birds—Attempt at explanation—Are sex-hunger and parental     affection in conflict—A high standard of family life among     birds—Few birds who are bad fathers—Examples of varying     division of family work—A few birds who are bad parents—Where     the mother takes sole charge of the eggs the father as a     rule takes little interest in the family—The polygamous     gallinaceous birds—Conduct affected by habits of the home—The     Adélie penguins—Their co-operative child-rearing—The great     emperor penguin—Scrimmage of childless mothers and fathers for     possession of chickens.