From:
Thomas Seare
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
18 Sept 1876
Source of text:
DAR 177: 125
Summary:
Describes example of instinctive behaviour in new-born leveret.
Cites experiment in which rabbit breathed vapour of nitrite of amyl.
Suggests that change in terrestrial atmosphere is responsible for evolution from scales to fur or feathers.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project