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DCP-LETT-1849

From:
Edward Blyth
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[3 Apr 1856]
Source of text:
DAR 98: A140–A143
Summary:

Reports observations on Indian pigeons from David Scott at Hansi. EB adds remarks on Indian breeds he has encountered. Suggests Egypt, Turkey, and Syria would be good places from which to obtain specimens. Believes domestic races are all descended from Columba livia; their calls are all similar and they pair indiscriminately.

Guinea-fowl.

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DCP-LETT-1850

From:
Charles John (Carl Johann) Andersson
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[6 Apr 1856]
Source of text:
DAR 85: A102
Summary:

European men choose partners for different reasons. Savages select more for bodily attraction than facial beauty.

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DCP-LETT-1854

From:
Charles James Fox Bunbury, 8th baronet
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
16 Apr 1856
Source of text:
DAR 205.2: 218
Summary:

Is interested by what CD tells him about his researches and speculations on species, variation, and distribution. Hopes he will not give up the idea of publishing his views. Advises CD on need for caution and candour. Raises some difficulties with "specific centre" theory of distribution.

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