From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Warburton Robinson
Date:
1 Feb 1869
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
Summary:
Statement of sum due from Rev. Robinson "On account of School".
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Statement of sum due from Rev. Robinson "On account of School".
Statement of sales of U. S. edition of Origin.
Corrects T. M. Brewer’s statement, cited in the Origin, that the American cuckoo never uses other birds’ nests. [See Origin, 5th ed., p. 266.]
A case of fighting in crabs (Portunus puber against Carcinus maenas) [see Descent 1: 332].
Asks JM to grant permission for a French translation of his "Naturalist’s voyage" [Journal of researches].
Sending a query regarding the colors seen on clouds at sunset.