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DCP-LETT-7944

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Abraham Dee Bartlett
Date:
15 Sept 1871
Source of text:
Houghton Library, Harvard University (Autograph File, D)
Summary:

CD questions ADB on the mode of feeding of geese and on the existence of variations in the structure of the bill; is trying to trace gradations in structure and habits.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-7951

From:
Abraham Dee Bartlett
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
19 Sept 1871
Source of text:
DAR 160: 48
Summary:

Geese do not commonly sift water through their bills for food, as they feed on land. A few have well-developed lamellae for sifting. Will have his son check at Zoological Garden.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-7952

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Abraham Dee Bartlett
Date:
20 Sept [1871]
Source of text:
Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection)
Summary:

Asks whether any goose sifts water with its beak.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-8111

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Abraham Dee Bartlett
Date:
19 Dec [1871]
Source of text:
Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection)
Summary:

Can ADB allow T. W. Wood to sketch one of his dogs in hostile and friendly positions?

Do elephants in the Zoological Gardens carry tails aloft when excited?

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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