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DCP-LETT-11685

From:
Francis Burges Goodacre
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
2 Sept 1878
Source of text:
DAR 165: 65
Summary:

Sends geese to CD.

Crossbreeding of Chinese and common geese; believes they may be same species.

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DCP-LETT-11686

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Francis Burges Goodacre
Date:
3 Sept [1878]
Source of text:
Dr John Goodacre (private collection)
Summary:

The geese have arrived. Does not think FBG’s view that the two forms are domestic varieties will hold good. Many ornithologists put them in different genera, and the wild type of each is known.

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