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From:
John Jenner Weir
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[before 17] Oct 1868
Source of text:
DAR 86: A36, 53; DAR 84.1: 139
Summary:

Both sexes of Crossoptilon auritum (eared pheasant) obtained the red cheeks the first year.

Coloration of the linnet.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Jenner Weir
Date:
17 Oct 1868
Source of text:
DAR 148: 320
Summary:

Enjoyed JJW’s visit.

Interested in changes in plumage of pheasants.

Still at work on sexual selection in birds.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project