The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. II (1st Edition)

CHAPTER XVIII.

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SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERS OF MAMMALS--_continued_.

Voice--Remarkable sexual peculiarities in seals--Odour--Development of the hair--Colour of the hair and skin--Anomalous case of the female being more ornamented than the male--Colour and ornaments due to sexual selection--Colour acquired for the sake of protection--Colour, though common to both sexes, often due to sexual selection--On the disappearance of spots and stripes in adult quadrupeds--On the colours and ornaments of the Quadrumana--Summary 274-315