From:
John Brodie Innes
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[before 6 Apr 1861]
Source of text:
DAR 48: 69
Summary:
A bee’s sting always remains behind.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
John David Glennie, Jr
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
6 Apr 1861
Source of text:
DAR 48: 70–3
Summary:
The stinging of bees and wasps contrasted.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
George Rolleston
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
16 Apr 1861
Source of text:
DAR 176: 206
Summary:
Index of Origin does not refer to variability of rudimentary organs mentioned at pp. 149, 168. Offers references to Rudolf Leuckart and to Franz von Leydig to support CD’s point.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Philip Lutley Sclater
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
17 Apr 1861
Source of text:
DAR 205.3: 292
Summary:
Corrects CD’s statement [Origin, 3d ed.] that Madeira does not possess one peculiar bird. There is one, out of the 99.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project