Thanks for goose specimens.
Asks whether Egyptian goose throws water out of side of beak. Can it tear herbage like the domestic goose?
[Mistakenly dated 16 Sept by CD.]
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Thanks for goose specimens.
Asks whether Egyptian goose throws water out of side of beak. Can it tear herbage like the domestic goose?
[Mistakenly dated 16 Sept by CD.]
CD most interested by Primitive culture [1871]. Impressed by EBT’s account of development of religious beliefs and of the survival of old customs. Hopes EBT will treat morals.
Sends CD a sketch of goat with maxillary appendages and notes the dimensions of the structures.