Errata in first edition of Insectivorous plants.

Obliged for his memoir ["On the avifauna of the Galapagos", Trans. Zool. Soc. (April 1875)]. His surprise that the birds from the different islands prove so similar. Comparison of the habits, nests, eggs of the commonest species of each island would throw a flood of light upon variation.

Thanks for articles about moths sucking oranges.

Sends a moth from Queensland, Australia. The sender says a large number have been caught with proboscises embedded in oranges. CD interested as having a bearing on his Orchis work. Can AGB name the family and any closely allied English genus? The proboscis seems an extraordinary structure [see F. Darwin, "On the structure of the proboscis of Ophideres fullonica", Q. J. Microsc. Sci. n.s. 15 (1875): 384–9].

"The moth is rightly named Ophideres Fullonica." Gives its range, family, allied European and British species, etc.

Responds to FJC’s criticism regarding "aggregation" as it occurs in protoplasm [see 10131].

R. Cooke has complained about the size of paper on which proofs are printed. He does not know that CD requested a larger size. Asks CD what should be done.

Clarifies his thoughts on "aggregation" in Drosera.

Reports a competition between the air roots of two varieties of grapevines. The victor changed the flavour and shape of the loser’s fruit.

Sends copy of his "Address [to the department of anthropology", Rep. BAAS 45 (1875): 142–56].

Notes criticism of remark by Walter Bagehot dealing with extinction of barbarians [cited in Descent 1: 239].

Sends a copy of his book [The royal tiger of Bengal (1875)].

Thanks him for his kind review of Insectivorous plants in the Spectator. Disputes Tait’s report of a Nepenthes that trapped a fly but did not digest it.

Sends proofs of Variation [2d ed.] for FD to look over.

Discusses deafness in white cats. Every blue-eyed, white cat WDF has known has been deaf.

Discusses the time of the Duke’s arrival on Tuesday. [See 9968.]

Thanks AD for her account [of the regrowth of her sister’s amputated supernumerary finger]. Is much perplexed what to conclude. Feels he should either retract his account [in Variation, 1st ed., 2: 14–15] or substantiate it by judgment of a physiologist like James Paget. Asks for tracings of her sister’s hand. [See Variation, 2d ed., 1: 459].

Murray is willing to make same arrangement with D. Appleton for Climbing plants as for Insectivorous plants.

There will be no difficulty about corrections for reprint of Descent, providing new matter fills same space as old.

CD sends his thanks for her intercession with her sister [Alice Chambers]. The extract from her father’s [Robert Chambers] diary will be sufficient.

He forwards the requested autograph.

Giovanni Canestrini should be reminded that before any plates for another of CD’s books can be sent, payment must be made for those already sent.

Sends papers concerned with [copyright?] registration for French and German editions [of Insectivorous plants].