From:
Alfred Newton
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
13 Mar 1874
Source of text:
DAR 172: 50
Summary:
Wishes CD could publish Origin with footnotes.
Increases in bird populations: starlings are increasing, but AN cannot give reason; mistletoe-thrush increasing but not ousting song-thrush. Doubts trustworthiness of [George?] Edwards, CD’s authority in Origin on this matter [see Origin, 6th ed., p. 59].
AN opposed to bird protection legislation to prohibit egging. Argues egging does not decrease number of birds.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project