To John Dean Caton 18 September 1868
Summary
Thanks JDC for paper ["American Cervus", Trans. Ottawa Acad. Nat. Sci. (1868); read 21 May 1868].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Dean Caton |
Date: | 18 Sept 1868 |
Classmark: | DAR 143: 253 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6377 |
To John Dean Caton 20 March 1869
Summary
Asks about coat colour of elk,
the mane of American bison,
and about sexual preferences of female deer.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Dean Caton |
Date: | 20 Mar 1869 |
Classmark: | DAR 143: 254 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6674 |
To J. D. Caton 24 May 1869
Summary
Discusses secondary hoofs in antelope and deer.
Mentions tuft of hair on turkey hen.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Dean Caton |
Date: | 24 May 1869 |
Classmark: | DAR 143: 255 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6757 |
To J. D. Caton 20 July 1871
Summary
Letter of introduction for his sons [G. H. and Francis Darwin].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Dean Caton |
Date: | 20 July 1871 |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.402) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7875 |
From J. D. Caton 8 October 1877
Summary
Thanks CD for acknowledging receipt of JDC’s book The antelope and deer of America [1877].
Castration suppresses deer antlers.
Author: | John Dean Caton |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 8 Oct 1877 |
Classmark: | DAR 161: 126 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11174 |
From J. D. Caton 2 [October] 1868
Summary
Observations on lateral spots on coats of two specimens of deer. PS on habits of wild and domestic turkeys.
Author: | John Dean Caton |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 2 [Oct] 1868 |
Classmark: | DAR 83: 167–9, DAR 161: 125 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6488 |
DCP-LETT-6536
Author: | John Dean Caton |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | |
Classmark: | DAR 161: 125 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6536 |
From J. D. Caton 5 May 1869
Summary
Females have no preference for particular males in deer and elk. Observations on sexual behaviour and characteristics of elk, deer, bison, and other animals.
Author: | John Dean Caton |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 5 May 1869 |
Classmark: | DAR 83: 170–1 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6729 |
From John Dean Caton 17 November 1870
Summary
Observations on winter colour of coats of male and female elk,
spots on deer,
and tuft of hair on breasts of wild female turkeys.
Author: | John Dean Caton |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 17 Nov 1870 |
Classmark: | DAR 83: 172–4 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7375 |
Caton, J. D. | (5) |
Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
Darwin, C. R. | (5) |
Caton, J. D. | (4) |