From:
Robert Elliot
To:
George Cupples
Date:
4 June 1869
Source of text:
DAR 86: A30–1, A62
Summary:
Proportion of sexes in (new-born) lambs equal, but males more likely to die.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Proportion of sexes in (new-born) lambs equal, but males more likely to die.
Note on proportion of sexes born in sheep.
Statistics on proportion of sexes in lambs.
On the proportion of sexes in lambs.
On proportion of sexes in litters of dogs.
Proportion of sexes in lambs, before castration.
Statistics on proportion of sexes of lambs.
Number of lambs born not kept. Counted only at time of castration.
Proportion of sexes in cattle and rats.
WA explains the figures he sent GC. In his experience female lambs at the time of castration outnumber the males. [Robert] Elliot differs.