From:
John Jenner Weir
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[14 Apr 1868]
Source of text:
DAR 84.1: 88–9
Summary:
Starlings find new mates readily. Nesting in threes common.
Recognition of song by birds.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
John Jenner Weir
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
3 June 1868
Source of text:
DAR 181: 78
Summary:
Plumage of canaries; changes in plumage with successive moults.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
John Jenner Weir
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[before 18 June 1868]
Source of text:
DAR 84.1: 141–2
Summary:
Coloration of linnets.
Sexual behaviour of black hen bullfinch.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
John Jenner Weir
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[1–13] May 1869
Source of text:
DAR 181: 79
Summary:
South Down sheep: variability in colouring and patterning of lambs compared with constancy of adult coat.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
John Jenner Weir
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
June 1869
Source of text:
DAR 181: 80
Summary:
Loss of juvenile colouring in South Down sheep.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project