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DCP-LETT-5517

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
29 Apr [1867]
Source of text:
The British Library (Add 46434, f. 84)
Summary:

Comments on ARW’s view of colouring in relation to sexual selection and protection. It is not new to CD. Hopes to discuss subject fully in his "Essay on Man" [Descent]. As to the problem of brightly coloured females, CD is not satisfied that it is due to males taking over incubation. Admires "value and beauty" of ARW’s generalisations.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-5515

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
26 Apr [1867]
Source of text:
DAR 84.1: 32–5
Summary:

Describes his view on colour [of plumage] of males and females – i.e., that absence of brilliant colour in either sex is due to need for protection in incubation, rather than to sexual selection.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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