From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Dean Caton
Date:
18 Sept 1868
Source of text:
DAR 143: 253
Summary:
Thanks JDC for paper ["American Cervus", Trans. Ottawa Acad. Nat. Sci. (1868); read 21 May 1868].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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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.