From:
Edward Blyth
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
4 Jan 1868
Source of text:
DAR 160: 211
Summary:
Discusses mule canaries which show a tendency to revert to wild plumage colours.
Contributor:
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From:
Edward Blyth
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[after 3 Feb 1868]
Source of text:
DAR 160: 210
Summary:
Recommends J. Scott’s paper on crossing varieties of Verbascum.
Contributor:
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From:
Edward Blyth
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
6 Feb 1868
Source of text:
DAR 160: 212
Summary:
Discusses the origin and characters of sheep breeds, particularly the merino.
Reports observations on reversion to wild type in canary mules
and lists some animals that show a unique development restricted to one side of their bodies.
Contributor:
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From:
Edward Blyth
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
11 Feb 1868
Source of text:
DAR 80: B169a–c
Summary:
Corrects some facts and gives further information on some points for the 2d ed. of Variation.
Specific distinctions among animals.
Cercopithecus of Africa contrasted with the Cebus of South America.
Notes on domestic fowls and their ancestors.
Slow growth of wild animals compared with domestic varieties.
Contributor:
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From:
Edward Blyth
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[before 25 Mar 1868]
Source of text:
DAR 83: 154–5, DAR 84.1: 131–3, DAR 48: A77, DAR 84.2: 187v
Summary:
Detailed notes on secondary sexual differences in various species of birds and mammals.
Contributor:
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From:
Edward Blyth
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[3 Apr 1868]
Source of text:
DAR 45: 29, DAR 83: 156
Summary:
Discusses apes and their relationships to each other. Writes particularly of the gibbon, its structure and well-developed legs giving it the ability to walk without using its hands.
Contributor:
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From:
Edward Blyth
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
5 Apr 1868
Source of text:
DAR 84.1: 136, DAR 160: 213
Summary:
Discusses the human foot and its abnormalities; notes an example of syndactylism.
Gives his observations on sexual differences in coloration of terns and ostriches.
Contributor:
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From:
Edward Blyth
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
3 May 1868
Source of text:
DAR 160: 214
Summary:
Reports another case of syndactylism.
Contributor:
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From:
Edward Blyth
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
18 May 1868
Source of text:
DAR 83: 148, DAR 84.1: 107–8, 111
Summary:
Replies to CD’s queries regarding sexual differences in gibbons’ voices, chameleon behaviour, and the occurrence of spurs in pheasants and peahens. Discusses sexual differences in structure and habit within certain bird species.
Contributor:
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From:
Edward Blyth
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
2 July 1868
Source of text:
DAR 160: 217
Summary:
Has examined three races of the mouflon sheep and remarks on the extent of variation in them.
Contributor:
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From:
Edward Blyth
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
20 July 1868
Source of text:
DAR 160: 218
Summary:
Reports on newly discovered Sclater’s pea-fowl from Cochin China.
Contributor:
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From:
Edward Blyth
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
3 Aug 1868
Source of text:
DAR 160: 219
Summary:
Discusses peacocks and the rediscovery of the long-lost crested turkey.
Contributor:
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From:
Edward Blyth
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
24 Aug 1868
Source of text:
DAR 86: A34–5, DAR 160: 220
Summary:
Discusses the development of horns in antelopes. Remarks on the variation within and between the species of Cervus and on their relationship to each other.
Contributor:
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From:
Edward Blyth
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
31 Aug 1868
Source of text:
DAR 160: 215
Summary:
EB is moving to Wiltshire for a week.
Tells CD of animals acquired, or about to be acquired, by the Zoological Garden.
Contributor:
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From:
Edward Blyth
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
8 Sept 1868
Source of text:
DAR 160: 216
Summary:
Thanks CD for invitation to Down.
Contributor:
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From:
Edward Blyth
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
17 Sept 1868
Source of text:
DAR 160: 221
Summary:
Wonders if George Darwin can explain why a thin stream of water poured from a jug always spirals right to left.
Contributor:
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From:
Edward Blyth
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
21 Sept 1868
Source of text:
DAR 160: 222
Summary:
Discusses the top-knot turkey and the occasional appearance of the top-knot in a breed of cream-coloured turkeys.
Contributor:
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From:
Edward Blyth
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
1 Oct 1868
Source of text:
DAR 160: 223
Summary:
Gives CD a reference to one of his papers ["Remarks on the modes of variation of nearly affined species or races of birds", J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 19 (1850): 221–9]
and discusses moulting in birds.
Quotes instance of an action by an elephant that apparently displays considerable intelligence.
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From:
Edward Blyth
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
4 Oct 1868
Source of text:
DAR 84.1: 100–2
Summary:
Replies to CD’s questions on sexual differences in birds.
Contributor:
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From:
Edward Blyth
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
20 Nov 1868
Source of text:
DAR 83: 149, DAR 84.1: 137
Summary:
Describes his tour of the Netherlands. Reports on some of the specimens he saw on his trip.
Discusses the coloration of hair in aged monkey
and sexual differences in bird species.
Contributor:
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