From:
John Edward Gray
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
2 Mar 1868
Source of text:
DAR 83: 159–60
Summary:
Canine teeth in males are always larger than in females and certainly so in Cervulus moschus.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Edward Gray
Date:
2 Mar [1868]
Source of text:
Winterbourne House and Garden, University of Birmingham (University Herbarium) (WBHERB.HST.L.25.1)
Summary:
Thanks JEG for answering questions so fully and clearly, especially as he is troubled with his eyes.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
George Henry Lewes
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
2 Mar 1868
Source of text:
DAR 106: D5–6
Summary:
Is engaged on an article for Fortnightly Review on Variation ["Mr Darwin’s hypotheses", n.s. 9: 353–73, 611–28; n.s. 10: 61–80, 492–509]. Asks CD some questions.
While he agrees with natural selection, he believes many "organic details" develop irrespective of advantage.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Henry Tibbats Stainton
Date:
2 Mar [1868]
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Manuscripts MSS DAR 23)
Summary:
Thanks HTS for his valuable information. Hopes to arrive at probable answer to question of proportion of males to females in the progeny of butterflies bred in domestication.
On courtship of butterflies, CD believes something more than chance is involved in determining which male is successful.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project