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DCP-LETT-1935

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Bernhard Tegetmeier
Date:
[15–22 Aug 1856]
Source of text:
Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection)
Summary:

Is collecting only pigeons that differ in proportions, so declines some birds offered by WBT.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1941

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Bernhard Tegetmeier
Date:
14 Aug [1856]
Source of text:
Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection)
Summary:

Inquires about pigeons seen at Anerley show.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1943

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Bernhard Tegetmeier
Date:
23 Aug [1856]
Source of text:
Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection)
Summary:

Instructions for delivering pigeons to Down.

Has Scandaroons for WBT.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1947

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Bernhard Tegetmeier
Date:
30 Aug [1856]
Source of text:
Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection)
Summary:

Will forward the Scandaroons.

Is crossing all his pigeons to see which are fertile.

Hopes WBT’s work on fowls’ skulls is not forestalled by T. C. Eyton who also has a grand collection of skeletons.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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