From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
The Field
Date:
[before 25 May 1861]
Source of text:
The Field, the Farm, the Garden, the Country Gentleman’s Newspaper 17 (1861): 451
Summary:
Is obliged to Mr Bennett for information, the same relayed through Consul General Mr Crowe.
CD is interested in information that provides insight into the colour of the aboriginal horse and the possibility that the offspring of a cross between differently-coloured breeds revert to the colour of the aboriginal parent. He has examined crosses between pigeons for this purpose and would welcome any analogous facts resulting from crossing of distinct breeds.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
