RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1863-1870]. Abstract of Bates, Naturalist on River Amazons. CUL-DAR83.44. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 2.2022. RN2
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).
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The Naturalist on the River Amazons Bates 1863
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"the face was pale & mottled, the glowing scarlet hue not supervening in these animals before mature age" Brachyurus calvus
Monkey
(we know vivid red is often a sexual character in monkeys)
Bates, Henry Walter. 1863. The naturalist on the River Amazons, a record of adventures, habits of animals, sketches of Brazilian and Indian life and aspects of nature under the Equator during eleven years of travel. 2 vols. London: John Murray. vol. 1 PDF vol. 2 PDF Darwin cited this in Descent 2: 309, n45: "Bates, 'The Naturalist on the Amazons,' 1863, vol. ii. p. 310."
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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