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DCP-LETT-4983

From:
William Bernhard Tegetmeier
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
22 Jan [1866]
Source of text:
DAR 178: 71
Summary:

Discusses pigeon and poultry woodcuts [for Variation].

WBT’s poultry book is at last in the hands of a solvent publisher [The poultry book (1867)].

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DCP-LETT-4982

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
22 Jan 1866
Source of text:
The British Library (Add 46434, f. 61)
Summary:

Welcomes ARW’s paper on pigeons ["On the pigeons of the Malay Archipelago", Ibis 1 (1865): 365–400].

Influence of monkeys on distribution of pigeons and parrots.

Asks ARW to explain a passage in his paper on Malayan Papilionidae [Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 25 (1866): 1–71] on how dimorphic forms are produced. CD knows of varieties "that will not blend or intermix", but which produce offspring quite like either parent.

ARW’s remarks on geographical distribution in Celebes "will give a cold shudder to the immutable naturalists".

Presses ARW to work on his travel journal.

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