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RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1869-1871]. J. A. Allen Bulletin of Mus. Comp. Zoolog of Cambridge. U. States. CUL-DAR83.63. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

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Under colour, when I say (I think before Ruminants) that Insectivora &c do not sexually differ.

(In Some bats, however the of case of the male is lighter & brighter than in the female)*

*J. A. Allen in Bulletin of Mus. Comp. Zoolog of Cambridge. U. States No 8 1869 p 207

Allen, Joel Asaph. 1869. Catalogue of the mammals of Massachusetts, with a critical revision of the species. Bulletin of the Museum Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College, in Cambridge [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 545] PDF Darwin cited this in Descent 2: 286, n: "J. A. Allen, in 'Bulletin of Mus. Comp. Zoolog. of Cambridge, United States,' 1869, p. 207."

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