From:
William Bernhard Tegetmeier
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[after 25 Apr 1871]
Source of text:
DAR 88: 83
Summary:
Points out errata in Descent.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
Showing 41–47 of 47 items
Points out errata in Descent.
WBT’s beard exceptional in that it is darker than his hair [see Descent 2: 319].
Sends Field with an account of the cat show; examples of cats with three extra toes.
Sexual preference of a blue turbit.
CD did not return skull of the horned cock figured in Variation [1: 265].
Gives the answers of two of the best dog breeders to CD’s queries.
CD agrees to subscribe to reprint of Blyth’s Field articles on cranes.
Testimonial in support of WBT’s application for curatorship of the Hartley Institution.
Did not know of complex change of plumage. From WBT’s letter, CD thinks six weeks to two months old is the best period. Sends details of breeds and other particulars.