From:
William Thompson
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
29 Sept 1848
Source of text:
Living Cirripedia (1854): 272–3
Summary:
Concerning the measurements of Balanus specimens with respect to growth.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Concerning the measurements of Balanus specimens with respect to growth.
Encloses diagram illustrating difference between Chthamalus and Balanus. Specimens sent. Finds no Chthamalus in WT’s collection.
Has read with much interest WT’s book [The natural history of Ireland, vol. 1 (1849)].
Recommends E. S. Dixon’s book [Ornamental and domestic poultry; their history and management (1848)].
Thanks for note on Atlantic dust.
Suggested in private to Edward Forbes that bird migration might follow lines of now sunken land.
Has admired WT’s work for years.
Will some day publish on variation.