From:
Alfred Newton
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
1 Mar 1867
Source of text:
DAR 84.1: 28–9
Summary:
Male dotterels take care of young and are less brilliantly coloured than females.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Newton
Date:
4 Mar [1867]
Source of text:
DAR 185: 89
Summary:
Thanks for information about the dotterel.
CD had ascertained by dissection that the female of the carrion-hawk of the Falkland Islands is very much brighter coloured than the male. Has inquired about its nidification. Mentions other instances of female birds that are brighter and more beautiful than the males and suggests causes for this anomaly.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
Text Online
From:
Alfred Newton
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
4 March 1867
Source of text:
British Library, The: BL Add. 46435 ff. 26-27
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
Text Online
From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Alfred Newton
Date:
10 March 1867
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library: Add. 9839/1W/82
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project