RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Hoffberg, Amœnitates Academica. CUL-DAR83.77. 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: 273, n44: "'Amœnitates Acad.' vol. iv. 1788, p. 160."
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Amœnitates Academica Vol. 4 1788 Hoffberg on Cervus Tanardus
p. 149 - females smaller & thinner & less branched, but otherwise similar Horns burst forth in Spring - are shed at end of November (nothing said about the young)
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p. 158 Females bear young in middle of May
p. 160 "Fœmina majores et fortiores mares præ cæteris admittunt, ad eos confugiunt, a junioribus agitatæ, qui hos in fugam conjiciunt."
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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