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Thanks JDC for paper ["American Cervus", Trans. Ottawa Acad. Nat. Sci. (1868); read 21 May 1868].

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Asks about coat colour of elk,

the mane of American bison,

and about sexual preferences of female deer.

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Discusses secondary hoofs in antelope and deer.

Mentions tuft of hair on turkey hen.

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Letter of introduction for his sons [G. H. and Francis Darwin].

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Thanks CD for acknowledging receipt of JDC’s book The antelope and deer of America [1877].

Castration suppresses deer antlers.

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Observations on lateral spots on coats of two specimens of deer. PS on habits of wild and domestic turkeys.

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Females have no preference for particular males in deer and elk. Observations on sexual behaviour and characteristics of elk, deer, bison, and other animals.

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Observations on winter colour of coats of male and female elk,

spots on deer,

and tuft of hair on breasts of wild female turkeys.