RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Abbott, On the seals of the Falkland Islands. CUL-DAR83.98. 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: 240, n2: "On the battles of seals, see Capt. C. Abbott in 'Proc. Zool. Soc.' 1868, p. 191."

Abbott, C. C. 1868. On the seals of the Falkland Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society: 189-192.

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Proc. Zoolog. Soc. - 1868. p. 191

Sea Lion (Otaria jubata) "The males fight most desperately, & I have seen them covered with scars from old wounds." - Capt. C. C. Abbott

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