RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Boner, Chamois hunting in the mountains of Bavaria and in the Tyrol. CUL-DAR83.90. 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: 244-5, n9: "Other masculine characters, besides the horns, are sometimes similarly transferred to the female; thus Mr. Boner, in speaking of an old female chamois ('Chamois Hunting in the Mountains of Bavaria,' 1860, 2nd edit. p. 363), says, "not only was the head very male-looking, but along the back there was a ridge of long hair, usually to be "found only in bucks.""
Boner, C. 1860. Chamois hunting in the mountains of Bavaria and in the Tyrol. London.
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Chamois Hunting in the Mountains of Bavaria. - 1860 by C. Boner p 363 2d. Edit p. 7 speaking of an old ♀ Chamois which he had shot, says,
"not only was the head very male looking, but along the back was a ridge of long hair, usually to be formed only in bucks."
Preliminary Chapt - after saying that Horns are developed in some ♀ deer.
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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