From:
Harrison William Weir
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
28 Mar 1868
Source of text:
DAR 84.1: 86–7
Summary:
Recognition of colour by animals.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Recognition of colour by animals.
Proportion of sexes in pigeons, pigs, and pheasants.
Sexual preferences of females.
Daisies.
A tame rabbit with a litter of 18.
Effects of first impregnation on litters from subsequent pregnancies.
Power of selective breeding to produce different varieties.
‘Your mother ought indeed to feel proud that she had two sons such true naturalists as you and your brother [John Jenner Weir].’