Starlings find new mates readily. Nesting in threes common.
Recognition of song by birds.
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Starlings find new mates readily. Nesting in threes common.
Recognition of song by birds.
Plumage of canaries; changes in plumage with successive moults.
Coloration of linnets.
Sexual behaviour of black hen bullfinch.
South Down sheep: variability in colouring and patterning of lambs compared with constancy of adult coat.
Comments on paper by JJW ["On insects and insectivorous birds", Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. Lond. (1869): 21–6]. JJW’s verification of A. R. Wallace’s suggestion regarding inheritance is quite a discovery.
Asks for information about male birds migrating before females.
Thanks for information about bird migration.
Comments on canary hybridisation.
Loss of juvenile colouring in South Down sheep.
"My health got so bad I could do nothing at Down".
Gives information about migration of male and female birds.
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.]
Invites JJW to visit Down. Will try to get A. R. Wallace and H. W. Bates also.
Enjoyed JJW’s visit.
Interested in changes in plumage of pheasants.
Still at work on sexual selection in birds.