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From:
John Jenner Weir
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[before 28 Apr] 1868
Source of text:
DAR 86: C1–2, DAR 84.1: 73–4
Summary:

Proportion of sexes in chaffinches.

Pugnacity of blackbirds and robins.

Harrison Weir reports up to nine eggs in starling nests.

Newspaper report of a sheep born with its owner’s brand.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
28 Apr [1868]
Source of text:
DAR 84.1: 120–4
Summary:

Various topics related to sexual selection: sexual differences, sexual preferences, coloration.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
John Jenner Weir
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
28 Apr – 4 May 1868
Source of text:
DAR 181: 77
Summary:

Observations on root-climbers. Variegated and arborescent varieties of Hedera.

[CD’s notes are for his reply, 6165.]

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project