RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1868.03.27. The Nylghaie is the Portax picta. CUL-DAR83.23. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 2.2022. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volumes CUL-DAR80-86 contain material for Darwin's book Descent of man (1871).
Darwin cited this in Descent 2: 282.
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Z. Garden March 27/68.
The Nylghaie is the Portax picta & it undergoes seasonal changes Blyth
The ♀ has thick tuft of hair on throat & thick crest along back - white markings on fetlocks.
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