Asks for the wing of a goose said to have transmitted effects of an injury by hereditary descent.
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Asks for the wing of a goose said to have transmitted effects of an injury by hereditary descent.
Encloses report by W. H. Flower on goose’s wing.
Asks RAB to obtain wings from young birds and broken wing from old one. Asks about details of injury.
Thanks RAB for kindness. Says W. H. Flower will examine wings [of geese].
Requests that a box of specimen goose wings for CD be forwarded by the Institution to [W. H.] Flower at the Royal College of Surgeons. The wings bear on the transmission of the effects of injury.
Explains difficulties in supplying wings of geese. Describes injury of old gander that sired the abnormal geese.
Says deformity of wings of geese is not related to injury to gander. Forwards a report on the birds [11717].
Mentions Mastodon remains that he has seen.
Praises CD and his work.
Congratulates him on Mastodon discovery.