From:
D. Appleton & Co
To:
Asa Gray
Date:
1 Feb 1869
Source of text:
DAR 159: 83
Summary:
Statement of sales of U. S. edition of Origin.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Statement of sales of U. S. edition of Origin.
Corrects T. M. Brewer’s statement, cited in the Origin, that the American cuckoo never uses other birds’ nests. [See Origin, 5th ed., p. 266.]
A case of fighting in crabs (Portunus puber against Carcinus maenas) [see Descent 1: 332].