From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
25 June 1876
Source of text:
The British Library (Add MS 46434)
Summary:
Has finished Geographical distribution; sends his comments.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Has finished Geographical distribution; sends his comments.
Response to Wallace’s article ["The colours of animals and plants", Macmillan’s Mag. (Sept 1877)] on sexual colours and "voluntary" sexual selection.
Further discussion of evidence for sexual selection. Prefers "conscious" to "voluntary" action. Distinguishes features that serve as charms and those that serve as challenges.
Supports Epping Forest appointment.
Continues work on vegetable physiology.