From:
J. Knightly Ince
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[1857–61?]
Source of text:
DAR 261.11: 20 (EH 88206072)
Summary:
Translates some German terms describing colour of horses.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Henry Harvey
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
3 Jan 1857
Source of text:
DAR 166: 115
Summary:
Sexes of algae.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Richard Hill
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
10 Jan 1857
Source of text:
DAR 205.2: 237
Summary:
Will attend to any subject in Jamaica about which CD wants information.
Crithagra brasiliensis and canary refused to pair.
A collection of Jamaican land Mollusca will be presented to the British Museum.
Hurricanes are a considerable influence on diffusion of birds and insects.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[16 Jan 1857]
Source of text:
DAR 205.9: 394
Summary:
Enumerates fossil mammals known in Secondary strata.
Lack of angiosperm plants in rocks older than Chalk is no reason to anticipate rarity of warm-blooded quadrupeds.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Henry Doubleday
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
26 Jan 1857
Source of text:
DAR 162: 235
Summary:
Sends specimens of Tortrix, which illustrate the extraordinary variation of markings in two or three species. In every family of Lepidoptera there seem to be species extremely prone to vary and in some localities they vary more than in others.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project