From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Warburton Robinson
Date:
1 Feb 1869
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
Summary:
Statement of sum due from Rev. Robinson "On account of School".
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Statement of sum due from Rev. Robinson "On account of School".
Corrects T. M. Brewer’s statement, cited in the Origin, that the American cuckoo never uses other birds’ nests. [See Origin, 5th ed., p. 266.]
A case of fighting in crabs (Portunus puber against Carcinus maenas) [see Descent 1: 332].
Asks JM to grant permission for a French translation of his "Naturalist’s voyage" [Journal of researches].