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From:
John Jenner Weir
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[before 28 Apr] 1868
Source of text:
DAR 86: C1–2, DAR 84.1: 73–4
Summary:

Proportion of sexes in chaffinches.

Pugnacity of blackbirds and robins.

Harrison Weir reports up to nine eggs in starling nests.

Newspaper report of a sheep born with its owner’s brand.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
John Jenner Weir
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
16 Apr 1868
Source of text:
DAR 84.1: 71–2, 140, DAR 181: 75
Summary:

Describes a curious litter of rabbits.

Pairing of rooks, courtship of golden pheasant.

Behaviour of finch hybrids.

Seasonal coloration of birds; bright plumage results from sexual selection.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
John Jenner Weir
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
5 Apr 1868
Source of text:
DAR 181: 74
Summary:

George Rolleston’s son was born with a scar on his knee exactly where GR cut himself with a knife years before his marriage. Gives several other examples of inherited mutilation.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
John Jenner Weir
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
20 Apr 1868
Source of text:
DAR 181: 76
Summary:

Instinct in birds; nest-building.

Inheritance of acquired characters.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
John Jenner Weir
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
28 Apr – 4 May 1868
Source of text:
DAR 181: 77
Summary:

Observations on root-climbers. Variegated and arborescent varieties of Hedera.

[CD’s notes are for his reply, 6165.]

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
John Jenner Weir
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[14 Apr 1868]
Source of text:
DAR 84.1: 88–9
Summary:

Starlings find new mates readily. Nesting in threes common.

Recognition of song by birds.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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