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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
1 May [1868]
Source of text:
DAR 83: 191–2
Summary:

Answers CD’s objection [see 6121 and 6146] about sexual differences and protective colouring. Summarises his theory of colour in nature.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
James Murie
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
1 May 1868
Source of text:
DAR 80: B124, B156–7
Summary:

Measurements of the Bornean ape (Macacus inornatus, Gray). [See Descent 1: 151.]

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Benjamin Dann Walsh
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
1 May 1868
Source of text:
DAR 82: A115–16
Summary:

BDW believes the coloration of species [of Anthocaris] provides a case of sexual selection.

The state of entomology in the U. S.; Darwinism now a common creed, especially among entomologists.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
George Cupples
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
1 May 1868
Source of text:
DAR 161: 283
Summary:

Has read Variation;

is preparing a monograph on Scotch deerhounds. Offers CD information on size of male and female deerhounds.

Might not the effect of human mother’s imagination on "character of offspring" support Pangenesis?

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Darwin Correspondence Project