Plumage of canaries; changes in plumage with successive moults.
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Plumage of canaries; changes in plumage with successive moults.
Sorry JJW cannot visit.
Will go to sea-side for five weeks at end of July.
Does Vidua have double annual moult? [See Descent 2: 181.]
Coloration of linnets.
Sexual behaviour of black hen bullfinch.
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.