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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

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