From:
Dora Roberts
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
17 Dec [1872 or later]
Source of text:
DAR 176: 184
Summary:
Describes a case of maternal instinct, in which a hen protected kittens.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
Describes a case of maternal instinct, in which a hen protected kittens.
Report of yellow fever among Brazilian monkeys probably untrue; his correspondent is only a journalist.
Encloses letter about monkeys allegedly dying from yellow fever.