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RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Charles Bryant; Allen, J. A. CUL-DAR83.57. 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: 259, n32: "See the very interesting paper by Mr. J. A. Allen in 'Bull. Mus. Comp. Zoolog. of Cambridge; United States,' vol. ii. No. 1, p. 82. The weights were ascertained by a careful observer, Capt. Bryant."

Allen, J. A. 1870. On the eared seals (Otariadæ), with detailed descriptions of the north pacific species. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 2, no. 1: 1-45.

Charles Bryant; Allen, J. A. 1870. On the habits of the northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus Gray), with a description of the Pribyloff Group of Islands. Ibid: 89-108.

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Bull. Mus. Comp. Zoolog. Cambridge U. States

Vol. 2. No 1. J. A. Allen on the Eared Seals.

p. 32 males have absolutely & relatively larger canines than♀s.

p. 75 ♂ have large hair especially on neck but doubtful whether a mane add ("at least longer hair on neck")

p. 82 Callorhinus ursinus. "The weight of the full-grown♀s, according to Capt. Bryant, being less than one sixth that of the full-grown males."

p. 100 "When their jealous lord is off his guard, or bogged in driving a-way a rival, the ♀s slip into the water, where an attractive bachelor seal follows her to a distance from shore."

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