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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
14 May [1868]
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 148b)
Summary:

WDF’s letter gives CD the kind of facts he wants. His story about peacocks is so good that CD will quote it [Descent 2: 46].

Pleased WDF approves of his book [Variation]

– "beloved Pangenesis disagrees badly with many".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Darwin Fox
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[before 14 May 1868]
Source of text:
DAR 86: A83–4
Summary:

Pairing habits of birds: polygamy among ducks and canaries.

Information on the proportion of sexes in fowls and other birds.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
William Darwin Fox
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
19 May [1868]
Source of text:
DAR 164: 187
Summary:

Regrets he cannot get to Down.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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