From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Jenner Weir
Date:
18 June [1868]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
Summary:
CD thanks JJW for letter about the crimson breast of linnets
and the fate of a pugnacious female bullfinch.
Refers to JJW’s pointing out the number of Jenners and Weirs who have been naturalists, and cites some writings by men of those families about striking cases of birds.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project