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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
The Field
Date:
[before 27 Apr 1861]
Source of text:
The Field, the Farm, the Garden, the Country Gentleman’s Newspaper 17 (1861): 358
Summary:

Requests facts concerning the colour of the parents of true dun horses. His interest also in the colour and presence of spinal stripes of dun horses or ponies before they lose their first hair.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
The Field
Date:
[before 4 May 1861]
Source of text:
The Field, the Farm, the Garden, the Country Gentleman’s Newspaper 17 (1861): 383
Summary:

Information is sought from correspondents regarding the mental powers of Polish and other tufted fowls. CD finds it hard to believe that the protuberance of the front part of the skull, which is accompanied by a change in the shape of the brain, would not produce a change in mental powers. References to Bechstein, Pallas, and Tegetmeier regarding the stupid behaviour of these birds.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
The Field
Date:
[before 25 May 1861]
Source of text:
The Field, the Farm, the Garden, the Country Gentleman’s Newspaper 17 (1861): 451
Summary:

Is obliged to Mr Bennett for information, the same relayed through Consul General Mr Crowe.

CD is interested in information that provides insight into the colour of the aboriginal horse and the possibility that the offspring of a cross between differently-coloured breeds revert to the colour of the aboriginal parent. He has examined crosses between pigeons for this purpose and would welcome any analogous facts resulting from crossing of distinct breeds.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
The Field
Date:
[before 15 June 1861]
Source of text:
The Field, the Farm, the Garden, the Country Gentleman’s Newspaper 17 (1861): 521
Summary:

His thanks to "Eques" of Argyllshire for his remarkable information on the inheritance of colour in horses. Acknowledges the difficulty of defining dun. Requests further information.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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