From:
Robert Goodwin Mumbray
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
18 Jan 1864
Source of text:
DAR 171: 318–318/1
Summary:
Has verified J. M. Bechstein’s contention that species of finches hybridise.
Quotes Thomas Bewick’s observations on hybrids between pheasants and common fowl. RGM had often noticed so-called "pheasant fowl", but thought it was a foreign bird.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
