From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Philip Lutley Sclater
Date:
22 May [1860-81]
Source of text:
John Wilson (dealer) (1987)
Summary:
CD has signed the enclosed with great pleasure.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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CD has signed the enclosed with great pleasure.
Lists land birds of Galapagos and discusses their distribution on mainland of S. America.
Thanks PLS for list of Galapagos birds.
Mentions note he will add to Journal [of researches (1860)]
and correction he will make in Origin [3d ed. (1861)].
Asks PLS about variability in "abnormal parts of birds".
Informs CD that Sylvicola aureola may be a distinct species but is a close ally of S. aestiva of N. and S. America and perhaps only a "climatic variety".
Thanks PLS for information about variation in birds. Asks for more information.