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DCP-LETT-5371

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Newton
Date:
19 Jan [1867]
Source of text:
DAR 185: 87
Summary:

Seeks explanation of the case of the Rhynchaea, of which the female is more beautiful than the male, with the young resembling the latter. Wallace has told CD that at Nottingham AN explained this by the male being the incubator.

Does the male black Australian swan, or the black and white S. American swan, differ from the female in colour of plumage?

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-5374

From:
Alfred Newton
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
21 Jan 1867
Source of text:
DAR 84.1: 22–5
Summary:

Suggests that, in some birds, plumage of males is less colourful than that of females; the reason is that the males perform the duties of incubation [see Descent 2: 204 n.].

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-5376A

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Newton
Date:
23 Jan [1867]
Source of text:
DAR 185: 88
Summary:

Thanks for the information about the male plumage. [See 5374.] Will look to the papers in Ibis to which AN has referred him. He finds AN’s theory captivating.

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DCP-LETT-5426

From:
Alfred Newton
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
1 Mar 1867
Source of text:
DAR 84.1: 28–9
Summary:

Male dotterels take care of young and are less brilliantly coloured than females.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-5430

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Newton
Date:
4 Mar [1867]
Source of text:
DAR 185: 89
Summary:

Thanks for information about the dotterel.

CD had ascertained by dissection that the female of the carrion-hawk of the Falkland Islands is very much brighter coloured than the male. Has inquired about its nidification. Mentions other instances of female birds that are brighter and more beautiful than the males and suggests causes for this anomaly.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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WCP2080

From:
Alfred Newton
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
4 March 1867
Source of text:
British Library, The: BL Add. 46435 ff. 26-27
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP4018

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Alfred Newton
Date:
10 March 1867
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library: Add. 9839/1W/82
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP2088

From:
Alfred Newton
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
23 April 1867
Source of text:
British Library, The: BL Add. 46435 f. 41
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP4019

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Alfred Newton
Date:
29 April 1867
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library: Add. 9839/1W/83
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP4020

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Alfred Newton
Date:
8 November 1867
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library: Add. 9839/1W/84
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP4021

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Alfred Newton
Date:
22 November [1867]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library: Add. 9839/1W/85
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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