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DCP-LETT-6674

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Dean Caton
Date:
20 Mar 1869
Source of text:
DAR 143: 254
Summary:

Asks about coat colour of elk,

the mane of American bison,

and about sexual preferences of female deer.

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Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-6729

From:
John Dean Caton
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
5 May 1869
Source of text:
DAR 83: 170–1
Summary:

Females have no preference for particular males in deer and elk. Observations on sexual behaviour and characteristics of elk, deer, bison, and other animals.

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DCP-LETT-6757

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Dean Caton
Date:
24 May 1869
Source of text:
DAR 143: 255
Summary:

Discusses secondary hoofs in antelope and deer.

Mentions tuft of hair on turkey hen.

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