From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Francis Burges Goodacre
Date:
3 Sept [1878]
Source of text:
Dr John Goodacre (private collection)
Summary:
The geese have arrived. Does not think FBG’s view that the two forms are domestic varieties will hold good. Many ornithologists put them in different genera, and the wild type of each is known.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project