From:
Gilbert William Child
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
7 May [1868]
Source of text:
DAR 161: 144
Summary:
Thanks CD for testimonial.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
Thanks CD for testimonial.
Thanks JJW for his great assistance.
Discusses sexual selection in birds.
Sends queries on secondary sexual characteristics of birds.
Has often marvelled at the different growth of the flowering and creeping branches of ivy.