Search: letter in document-type 
Darwin, C. R. in correspondent 
Yarrell, William in correspondent 
Sorted by:

Showing 16 of 6 items

From:
William Yarrell
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[Dec 1838]
Source of text:
DAR 205.7: 286
Summary:

A "Zoological memorandum" for CD with an extract from L. Hindmarsh, "On the wild cattle of Chillingham Park" [Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 2 (1838): 274–84].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
thumbnail
From:
William Yarrell
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[c. 17 Dec 1838]
Source of text:
DAR 205.7: 287
Summary:

Extract of a letter from Sir Robert Heron to WY, copied for CD, about the crossing of solid- and divided-hoofed pigs, and Angora rabbits of different colours.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
thumbnail
From:
William Yarrell
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
14 July 1839
Source of text:
DAR 204: 185
Summary:

Acknowledges Journal of researches and in return sends the first volume of his History of British birds [1839–43].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Yarrell
Date:
[5 or 12] Sept 1842
Source of text:
Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand (Letters to Dr William Kitchen Parker and his sons, MS-Papers-1256-2)
Summary:

CD is too dull and languid to see Mr Bicheno but will be glad to answer his questions if he writes.

Asks WY to ask J. Sebright "whether the cross with white bantam brought back any of the ""secondary male characters"" to the hen–cock breed".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Yarrell
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
29 July 1845
Source of text:
DAR 183: 1
Summary:

Answers CD’s queries about the number and distribution of species in certain fish genera.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Yarrell
Date:
6 [Feb 1856]
Source of text:
Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection)
Summary:

"The Pigeons are all quite well".

Sends thanks to Mrs Cotton.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project