From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Osbert Salvin
Date:
22 Aug [1875]
Source of text:
Sybil Rampen (private collection)
Summary:
Obliged for his memoir ["On the avifauna of the Galapagos", Trans. Zool. Soc. (April 1875)]. His surprise that the birds from the different islands prove so similar. Comparison of the habits, nests, eggs of the commonest species of each island would throw a flood of light upon variation.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project