From:
Henry Stephen (Henry) Reeks
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
25 May 1871
Source of text:
DAR 88: 100–4
Summary:
Comments on and corrections for chapter 13, "Mammals", of Descent.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Henry Stephen (Henry) Reeks
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
30 May 1871
Source of text:
DAR 88: 108–9
Summary:
Retention of horns by female deer with fawn [see Descent, 2d ed., p. 503].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Henry Stephen (Henry) Reeks
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
3 June 1871
Source of text:
DAR 176: 80
Summary:
Observations on habits of caribou and deer in Newfoundland.
Suggests nightingale egg coloration evolved from white to olive for protection.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Henry Stephen (Henry) Reeks
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
8 June 1871
Source of text:
DAR 176: 81
Summary:
Argues that coloration of eggs is a protective adaptation.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Henry Stephen (Henry) Reeks
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
12 June 1871
Source of text:
DAR 88: 172
Summary:
A geologist friend leaving for Nevada offers to investigate any questions CD may have for this region.
Nesting plumage of common chaffinch resembles adult winter plumage of female brambling.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
