RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1867.02.15. Spur-winged goose. CUL-DAR84.2.33. 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: 46.
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Spur-winged goose male much largest spur & males fight with; but in the [Swans] & plover Mr. B. [Bartlett] thinks equal in 2 sexes - & Mem. Livingstone, about defending young & so like horns of oxen hard to say whether sexual or not. - Feb 15 – 1867
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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