The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. II (1st Edition)Darwin, Charles
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The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. II (1st Edition)
Darwin, Charles
Evolution (Biology); Human beings -- Origin; Sex differences; Sexual dimorphism (Animals); Sexual selection in animals
[353] Desmarest, ‘Mammalogie,’ 1820, p. 223. On _Felis mitis_,
Rengger, ibid. s. 194.
[354] Dr. Murie on the Otaria, ‘Proc. Zool. Soc.’ 1869, p. 108.
Mr. R. Brown, on the _P. groenlandica_, ibid. 1868, p. 417. See
also on the colours of seals, Desmarest, ibid. p. 243, 249.
[355] Judge Caton, in ‘Trans. Ottawa Acad. of Nat. Sciences,’
1868, p. 4.
[356] Dr. Gray, ‘Cat. of Mamm. in Brit. Mus.’ part iii. 1852,
p. 134-142; also Dr. Gray, ‘Gleanings from the Menagerie of
Knowsley,’ in which there is a splendid drawing of the Oreas
derbyanus: see the text on Tragelaphus. For the Cape Eland
(_Oreas canna_), see Andrew Smith, ‘Zoology of S. Africa,’ pl.
41 and 42. There are also many of these antelopes in the
Zoological Society’s Gardens.
[357] On the _Ant. niger_, see ‘Proc. Zool. Soc.’ 1850, p. 133.
With respect to an allied species, in which there is an equal
sexual difference in colour, see Sir S. Baker, ‘The Albert
Nyanza,’ 1866, vol. ii. p. 327. For the _A. sing-sing_, Gray,
‘Cat. B. Mus.’ p. 100. Desmarest, Mammalogie,’ p. 468, on the
_A. caama_. Andrew Smith, ‘Zoology of S. Africa,’ on the Gnu.
[358] ‘Ottawa Academy of Sciences,’ May 21, 1868, p. 3, 5.
[359] S. Müller, on the Banteng, ‘Zoog. Indischen Archipel.’
1839-1844, tab. 35; see also Raffles, as quoted by Mr. Blyth,
in ‘Land and Water,’ 1867, p. 476. On goats, Dr. Gray, ‘Cat.
Brit. Mus.’ p. 146; Desmarest, ‘Mammalogie,’ p. 482. On the
_Cervus paludosus_, Rengger, ibid. s. 345.
[360] Sclater, ‘Proc. Zool. Soc.’ 1866, p. 1. The same fact has
also been fully ascertained by MM. Pollen and van Dam.
[361] On Mycetes, Rengger, ibid. s. 14; and Brehm,
‘Illustrirtes Thierleben,’ B. i. s. 96, 107. On Ateles,
Desmarest, ‘Mammalogie,’ p. 75. On Hylobates, Blyth, ‘Land and
Water,’ 1867, p. 135. On the Semnopithecus, S. Müller, ‘Zoog.
Indischen Archipel.’ tab. x.
[362] Gervais, ‘Hist. Nat. des Mammifères,’ 1854, p, 103.
Figures are given of the skull of the male. Desmarest,
‘Mammalogie,’ p. 70. Geoffroy St.-Hilaire and F. Cuvier, ‘Hist.
Nat. des Mamm.’ 1824, tom. i.
[363] ‘The Variation of Animals and Plants under
Domestication,’ 1868, vol. ii. p. 102, 103.
[364] ‘Essays and Observations by J. Hunter,’ edited by Owen,
1861, vol. i. p. 194.
[365] Sir S. Baker, ‘The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia,’ 1867.
[366] _Fiber zibethicus_, Audubon and Bachman, ‘The Quadrupeds
of N. America,’ 1846, p. 109.
[367] ‘Novæ species Quadrupedum e Glirium ordine,’ 1778, p. 7.
What I have called the roe is the _Capreolus Sibiricus
subecaudatus_ of Pallas.
[368] See the fine plates in A. Smith’s ‘Zoology of S. Africa,’
and Dr. Gray’s ‘Gleanings from the Menagerie of Knowsley.’
[369] ‘Westminster Review,’ July 1, 1867, p. 5.
[370] ‘Travels in South Africa,’ 1824, vol. ii. p. 315.
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