RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1866-1871]. Abstract of Sclater, White-whiskered Lemur / Jerdon. CUL-DAR83.85. 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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Capital case of Lemur in late number of Zoolog. Proceeding. Male is coal-black
Sclater, Philip Lutley. 1866. [White-whiskered Lemur.] Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 34 no. 1: 1-2. [CUL-DAR.LIB.PER-U1380] PDF Darwin cited this in Descent 2: 290, n: "Sclater, 'Proc. Zool. Soc.' 1866, p. 1."
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Some feathers, female brown — (see Jerdon I doubt)
Two sexes
I see as a general rule when male & female
[page excised] the colours in the male
Jerdon, Thomas Claverhill. 1862-1864. The birds of India; being a natural history of all the birds known to inhabit continental India, with descriptions of the species, genera, families, tribes, and orders, and a brief notice of such families as are not found in India, making it a manual of ornithology specially adapted for India. 2 vols. in 3. Calcutta: the author. [A copy ordered, CCD16] vol. 1 PDF vol. 2 pt. 1 PDF vol. 2 pt. 2 PDF
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