From:
Francis Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[before 26 June 1873]
Source of text:
DAR 274.1: 8
Summary:
Has discussed with E. E. Klein about the purchase of a Hartnack microscope from Paris.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Has discussed with E. E. Klein about the purchase of a Hartnack microscope from Paris.
Informs CD of the effects of certain salts and other chemicals on animals.
Comments on CD’s results with Drosera. Suggests some experiments.
Wonders whether CD has any idea how the cuckoo manages to match its eggs to those of its host; believes it possible that the diet of the nestling cuckoo, which varies with its host, may affect its behaviour and the colour of its eggs.