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DCP-LETT-1942

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Campbell Eyton
Date:
21 Aug [1856]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.135)
Summary:

Asks whether offspring of cross between African pig and common pig are fertile. Are Lord Rowland Hill’s African pigs domesticated?

Mentions pigeons’ skeletons.

Is working at a book on variation [Natural selection].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1946

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Campbell Eyton
Date:
27 [Aug 1856]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.136)
Summary:

Asks about strains of Herefordshire cattle.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1948

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Campbell Eyton
Date:
31 Aug [1856]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.137)
Summary:

Asks whether number of incisors varies in domestic pigs. Is testing views of J. M. Bechstein.

Comments on TCE’s book [Herd book of Hereford cattle (1846–59)]. Mentions variations in the breed.

Will quote TCE on geese [Mag. Nat. Hist. 4 (1840): 90–2].

Problem of geographical distribution; his seed-salting experiments. Asks about distribution of seeds to islands. Do water-birds ever have dirty feet?

Could Eyton’s gamekeepers collect owl and hawk pellets? Asks for dace stomachs and contents.

Asks for cats’ skeletons.

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