From:
James Lamont, 1st baronet
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[23 Feb 1860]
Source of text:
DAR 47: 150–1
Summary:
Believes the British and Norwegian species of red grouse are merely strongly marked varieties of the same species.
Writes of the effect of importing a few brace of a wilder breed of grouse into Argyleshire and of their change in territory since 1846.
His explanation of game becoming "wilder": he thinks it is due to a difference in their enemies – man replacing hawks leads to flight replacing cowering.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
