Concerning specimens he wants collected in the Azores.
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Concerning specimens he wants collected in the Azores.
Responds to correspondent’s request for information about shells from the Coquimbo beds in Chile. Difficulty in deciding on age of deposits and species. Notes views of Alcide d’Orbigny.
Ray Society has given CD 22 copies [of Living Cirripedia, vol. 1].
Should like to examine the correspondent’s Madeira cirripedes but is too much occupied with other subjects of natural history.
Requests skins of domestic breeds or races of poultry, pigeons, rabbits, cats, and dogs from any unfrequented region. [Attached is a list of people to whom CD has written for pigeon and poultry skins.]
Thanks for offer of Helix for experiment. Asks for assistance. Mentions failure of his own experiment involving Helix pomatia.
Returns the Greenland catalogue, which he has kept too long.
Questions about stripes on mules.
Origin will be published 22 Nov. Fears correspondent will find the conclusions "abominable".