From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
4 Aug 1866
Source of text:
DAR 102: 87–8
Summary:
Alexander Beatson mentions a bird in considerable numbers on St Helena which appears to contradict CD’s statement in Journal of researches that only introduced land birds exist there.
The Azores flora and fauna tell heavily against Atlantis joining them with America and against transoceanic migration from America.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
