Applies sexual selection to origin of dog race [deerhound]. Proposes descent from a large extinct dog.
Applies sexual selection to origin of dog race [deerhound]. Proposes descent from a large extinct dog.
Has read Variation;
is preparing a monograph on Scotch deerhounds. Offers CD information on size of male and female deerhounds.
Might not the effect of human mother’s imagination on "character of offspring" support Pangenesis?
Answers CD’s queries on difference in size of male and female Scottish deerhounds; female preference for larger males; details about ratio of sexes born. Quotes from letter of Archibald McNeill on difference in size of male and female Scotch deerhounds.
Refers to letter from John Wright offering to help CD on his queries about deerhounds and sexual preferences.
More details about a terrier bitch previously referred to [letter missing].
No summary available.
Weighing ten deerhound puppies for CD each week.
Offers deerhound puppy.
Asks for photograph.
Encloses letter from George Cupples of notes, with excerpts from letters from Peter Robertson and John Wright, relating to difference in size between male and female deerhounds. Reports on weight statistics of ten [deerhound] puppies being observed.
Thanks for photograph.
Sends replies on dogs – sexual differences and preferences.
Receiving notes on inbreeding from T. T. Wright, who has long experience with the subject.
Reports six-toed pup.
Discusses the development of horns in reindeer and other deer.
Writing to friends on CD’s behalf about deer: T. T. Wright, Archibald McNeill.
Forwards A. McNeill’s letter on deer horns. McNeill wrote portion on deerhounds in William Scrope’s book [The art of deer-stalking (1838)].
Forwards reply from [Peter Robertson] head forester for Marquis of Breadalbane on development of horns in Scottish deer.
Differences in size and weight in deerhounds, with tables of comparative weights according to sex. Promises information on weights of deerhound puppies. Effects of cross- and inbreeding.
Suggests that Cupples weigh puppies from one week old, rather than two weeks old.
Will look for sex ratio statistics.
Will weigh pups.
Deerhound breeding;
wolves.
Note on proportion of sexes born in sheep.
Wishes Cupples had said something about health. Sends regards to Mrs Cupples.
Proportion of sexes in (new-born) lambs equal, but males more likely to die.