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DCP-LETT-6488

From:
John Dean Caton
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
2 [Oct] 1868
Source of text:
DAR 83: 167–9, DAR 161: 125
Summary:

Observations on lateral spots on coats of two specimens of deer. PS on habits of wild and domestic turkeys.

Contributor:
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-7375

From:
John Dean Caton
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
17 Nov 1870
Source of text:
DAR 83: 172–4
Summary:

Observations on winter colour of coats of male and female elk,

spots on deer,

and tuft of hair on breasts of wild female turkeys.

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DCP-LETT-11174

From:
John Dean Caton
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
8 Oct 1877
Source of text:
DAR 161: 126
Summary:

Thanks CD for acknowledging receipt of JDC’s book The antelope and deer of America [1877].

Castration suppresses deer antlers.

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