RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1869.02.22-1869.02.23. Blyth - The Rhesus inhabiting Bengal. CUL-DAR83.28. 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: 293-4.
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Feb. 22 / 69 Blyth - The Rhesus inhabiting Bengal - the ♀ alone has red buttocks -
Feb. 23. I have looked at old ♂ not trace of red on buttocks or face - In ♀ keeper says the intense vermilion red certainly increases sexually.
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