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DCP-LETT-2208

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
31 Jan [1858]
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 109)
Summary:

Thanks WDF for information on blackbirds’ nests [see Natural selection, p. 505].

Problem of choosing from among the load of curious facts for chapter on "Instinct" [Natural selection, ch. 10; Origin, ch. 7] perplexes him.

Asks about behaviour of chicks in danger and whether crossed animals are wilder than either parent.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel12300

From:
P. O'Callaghan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[31 January 1858]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.156
Summary:

Sends a copy of [John?] Dalton's letter for which he is obliged. Expresses appreciation of his recent visit to Kent and Sussex.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12890

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Phillips
Date:
[31 January 1858]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0302; Reel 1054
Summary:

Send names of members of B.A.A.S. committee appointed to cooperate with R.S.L. committee for purpose of procuring continuance of observations of terrestrial magnetism.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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