Thanks CD for acknowledging receipt of JDC’s book The antelope and deer of America [1877].
Castration suppresses deer antlers.
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Thanks CD for acknowledging receipt of JDC’s book The antelope and deer of America [1877].
Castration suppresses deer antlers.
Thanks JDC for paper ["American Cervus", Trans. Ottawa Acad. Nat. Sci. (1868); read 21 May 1868].
Observations on lateral spots on coats of two specimens of deer. PS on habits of wild and domestic turkeys.
Asks about coat colour of elk,
the mane of American bison,
and about sexual preferences of female deer.
Females have no preference for particular males in deer and elk. Observations on sexual behaviour and characteristics of elk, deer, bison, and other animals.
Discusses secondary hoofs in antelope and deer.
Mentions tuft of hair on turkey hen.
Observations on winter colour of coats of male and female elk,
spots on deer,
and tuft of hair on breasts of wild female turkeys.
Letter of introduction for his sons [G. H. and Francis Darwin].