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DCP-LETT-6226

From:
John Jenner Weir
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
3 June 1868
Source of text:
DAR 181: 78
Summary:

Plumage of canaries; changes in plumage with successive moults.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-6249

From:
John Jenner Weir
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[before 18 June 1868]
Source of text:
DAR 84.1: 141–2
Summary:

Coloration of linnets.

Sexual behaviour of black hen bullfinch.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-6232

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Jenner Weir
Date:
5 June 1868
Source of text:
DAR 148: 317; Duke University, Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library (RL.10387)
Summary:

Sorry JJW cannot visit.

Will go to sea-side for five weeks at end of July.

Does Vidua have double annual moult? [See Descent 2: 181.]

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-6343

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Jenner Weir
Date:
1 Sept 1868
Source of text:
DAR 148: 319
Summary:

Invites JJW to visit Down. Will try to get A. R. Wallace and H. W. Bates also.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-6422

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Jenner Weir
Date:
17 Oct 1868
Source of text:
DAR 148: 320
Summary:

Enjoyed JJW’s visit.

Interested in changes in plumage of pheasants.

Still at work on sexual selection in birds.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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