Acknowledges receipt of £2 8s 10d for 2d edition of Coral reefs.
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Acknowledges receipt of £2 8s 10d for 2d edition of Coral reefs.
Asks for tougher paper to be used for maps in Coral reefs, 2d ed.
Baillière wishes to bring out a French translation of Coral reefs; CD requests their co-operation.
Thanks for a suite of male and female specimens of Lepidoptera. Lack of difference in size of wings surprises CD; the female’s being smaller than male’s in early growth is new to him. Will ask a friend in India for comparable facts.
Reorders six 2–oz bottles with corks.
Thanks AAG for procuring an authoritative answer from T. M. Brewer on the habits of the [American] cuckoo. Surprised William Yarrell erred so much.
Wishes AAG had time to give an account of Japanese shells, which would be interesting from the geographical point of view.
Sends additions and corrections for 2d German ed. of Origin [1862–3].
Before a German translation of Orchids is done, CD thinks HGB should read part of it and decide if it is worth while; CD has doubts.