From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Nature
Date:
7 and 11 May [1874]
Source of text:
Nature , 14 May 1874, pp. 24–5
Summary:
Thanks Nature correspondents for their observations on destruction of primroses [Nature 9 (1874): 509; 10 (1874): 6–7]. Reports an error in his observations: ovules, as well as nectar, are taken by the birds. As the habit of cutting off primrose flowers is widespread, CD concludes it is instinctive in bullfinches.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project