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DCP-LETT-6151

From:
John Jenner Weir
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[4–7] May 1868
Source of text:
DAR 84.1: 75–6, DAR 86: C3–4
Summary:

Proportion of sexes in ruffs [see Descent 1: 306].

Colour display in linnets, songbirds. Courtship display of Australian pigeon at zoo.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-6169

From:
George Cupples
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
11–13 May 1868
Source of text:
DAR 83: 119–20, DAR 83: 121–6, DAR 85: B28
Summary:

Answers CD’s queries on difference in size of male and female Scottish deerhounds; female preference for larger males; details about ratio of sexes born. Quotes from letter of Archibald McNeill on difference in size of male and female Scotch deerhounds.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-6178

From:
Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
17 May 1868
Source of text:
DAR 163: 14/2; DAR 164: 40
Summary:

Raises a question about a statement in Orchids; his observations differ.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-6180

From:
Edward Blyth
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
18 May 1868
Source of text:
DAR 83: 148, DAR 84.1: 107–8, 111
Summary:

Replies to CD’s queries regarding sexual differences in gibbons’ voices, chameleon behaviour, and the occurrence of spurs in pheasants and peahens. Discusses sexual differences in structure and habit within certain bird species.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-6181

From:
John Jenner Weir
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
18 May 1868
Source of text:
DAR 84.1: 81–2, DAR 86: A37–8
Summary:

Answers CD’s question on whether any female birds regularly sing.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-6203

From:
William Henty
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
23 May 1868
Source of text:
DAR 85: B24, DAR 166: 182
Summary:

Sex ratios in cattle and sheep.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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FL-0607

From:
Darwin, W. E.
To:
Darwin, H. E.
Date:
26 May 1868
Source of text:
DAR 219.8: 6
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Darwin Family Letters
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FL-0608

From:
Allen, Fanny
To:
Darwin, H. E.
Date:
19 May [1868]
Source of text:
DAR 219.8: 7
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Darwin Family Letters
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FL-0697

From:
Darwin, Emma
To:
Darwin, H. E.
Date:
[28 May 1868]
Source of text:
DAR 219.9: 58
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Darwin Family Letters
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FL-1332

From:
Darwin, Emma
To:
Darwin, Horace
Date:
[30 May 1868?]
Source of text:
DAR 258: 621
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Darwin Family Letters
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FL-1382

From:
Darwin, Horace
To:
Darwin, G. H.
Date:
10 May [1868]
Source of text:
DAR 258: 838
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Darwin Family Letters
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FL-1507

From:
Darwin, Emma
To:
Darwin, Horace
Date:
[5 May 1868?]
Source of text:
DAR 258: 608
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Darwin Family Letters

DCP-LETT-5748

From:
John Jenner Weir
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[before 30 May 1868]
Source of text:
DAR 181: 73
Summary:

Reversion of tamed animals to wild behaviour.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-5762

From:
William Darwin Fox
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[before 14 May 1868]
Source of text:
DAR 86: A83–4
Summary:

Pairing habits of birds: polygamy among ducks and canaries.

Information on the proportion of sexes in fowls and other birds.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-6153

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
1 May [1868]
Source of text:
DAR 83: 191–2
Summary:

Answers CD’s objection [see 6121 and 6146] about sexual differences and protective colouring. Summarises his theory of colour in nature.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-6155

From:
James Murie
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
1 May 1868
Source of text:
DAR 80: B124, B156–7
Summary:

Measurements of the Bornean ape (Macacus inornatus, Gray). [See Descent 1: 151.]

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DCP-LETT-6156

From:
Benjamin Dann Walsh
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
1 May 1868
Source of text:
DAR 82: A115–16
Summary:

BDW believes the coloration of species [of Anthocaris] provides a case of sexual selection.

The state of entomology in the U. S.; Darwinism now a common creed, especially among entomologists.

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DCP-LETT-6157

From:
George Cupples
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
1 May 1868
Source of text:
DAR 161: 283
Summary:

Has read Variation;

is preparing a monograph on Scotch deerhounds. Offers CD information on size of male and female deerhounds.

Might not the effect of human mother’s imagination on "character of offspring" support Pangenesis?

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-6158

From:
Edward Blyth
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
3 May 1868
Source of text:
DAR 160: 214
Summary:

Reports another case of syndactylism.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-6159

From:
Gilbert William Child
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
3 May [1868]
Source of text:
DAR 161: 143
Summary:

Requests CD testimonial for Sherardian Professorship of Botany.

Contributor:
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