Asks for a rabbit specimen;
inquires about a hybrid hare–rabbit.
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Asks for a rabbit specimen;
inquires about a hybrid hare–rabbit.
Promises to send copy of Origin [3d ed.].
Is pleased that PLS has "become ""heretical"" on species".
Asks about distribution of Gallus and about description of Gallus temminckii, G. R. Gray.
Asks about species of Opetiorhynchus.
CD is unable to locate his specimens of two Falkland Island birds [Opetiorhynchus].
Discusses feral rabbits of Porto Santo. Arranges for care of rabbits while the Darwins visit Torquay.