From:
Robert Swinhoe
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
14 Apr 1863
Source of text:
DAR 84.1: 18–19
Summary:
Difference in plumage of Ardeola, a species of heron, in summer and winter. [See Descent 2: 190.]
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Robert Swinhoe
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
29 July 1863
Source of text:
DAR 47: 176–7
Summary:
Describes the similarity in plumage changes between Japanese and Chinese birds on the one hand and British and continental birds on the other. Suggests the changes are due to the warm gulf streams around both islands.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Robert Swinhoe
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
14 Aug 1863
Source of text:
DAR 205.2 (Letters): 253
Summary:
Sends two interesting cases: a flamingo with barnacles covering its legs
and castrated wild asses of Kutch.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
