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DCP-LETT-11164

From:
Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
2 Oct 1877
Source of text:
DAR 164: 85
Summary:

Hive-bees captured in tubes of nectary of Tritoma. Seems a maladaptation of the bees.

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DCP-LETT-11163

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Ewart Gladstone
Date:
2 Oct 1877
Source of text:
The British Library (Add MS 44455: 120–1)
Summary:

Has read WEG’s article ["The colour sense", Nineteenth Century 2 (1877): 366–88] on H. Magnus’ view. Informs him of a criticism of this view and reply by Magnus in Kosmos. Offers to send the article.

CD has contributed some facts on the difficulty children have in distinguishing colours (or naming them correctly).

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