From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
26 Apr [1867]
Source of text:
DAR 84.1: 32–5
Summary:
Describes his view on colour [of plumage] of males and females – i.e., that absence of brilliant colour in either sex is due to need for protection in incubation, rather than to sexual selection.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
