RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Mammalia. CUL-DAR83.56. 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: 250.
William Reeves (b. 1814/15) was a local gamekeeper, apparently employed by John Lubbock. See Descent 2: 103.
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Mammalia
Rudiments of Horns in sexes of Giraffe
In adult male, the hair covered projections of frontal brown which support the Horn in the ruminants, are rather more developed in male than in ♀
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(7) In those Pheasants, in which, like Reeves, male has enormous tail, & ♀very short tail; has the young longish tails like young common pheasants y. [young] not distinguishable for 3 months
(8) How early is top knob developed in young Peafowl [several words excised]
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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