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DCP-LETT-6157

From:
George Cupples
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
1 May 1868
Source of text:
DAR 161: 283
Summary:

Has read Variation;

is preparing a monograph on Scotch deerhounds. Offers CD information on size of male and female deerhounds.

Might not the effect of human mother’s imagination on "character of offspring" support Pangenesis?

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-6155

From:
James Murie
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
1 May 1868
Source of text:
DAR 80: B124, B156–7
Summary:

Measurements of the Bornean ape (Macacus inornatus, Gray). [See Descent 1: 151.]

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DCP-LETT-6153

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
1 May [1868]
Source of text:
DAR 83: 191–2
Summary:

Answers CD’s objection [see 6121 and 6146] about sexual differences and protective colouring. Summarises his theory of colour in nature.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-6156

From:
Benjamin Dann Walsh
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
1 May 1868
Source of text:
DAR 82: A115–16
Summary:

BDW believes the coloration of species [of Anthocaris] provides a case of sexual selection.

The state of entomology in the U. S.; Darwinism now a common creed, especially among entomologists.

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DCP-LETT-6158

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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DCP-LETT-6159

From:
Gilbert William Child
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
3 May [1868]
Source of text:
DAR 161: 143
Summary:

Requests CD testimonial for Sherardian Professorship of Botany.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-6151

From:
John Jenner Weir
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[4–7] May 1868
Source of text:
DAR 84.1: 75–6, DAR 86: C3–4
Summary:

Proportion of sexes in ruffs [see Descent 1: 306].

Colour display in linnets, songbirds. Courtship display of Australian pigeon at zoo.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-6160

From:
John Scott
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
4 May 1868
Source of text:
DAR 177: 118
Summary:

Replies to CD’s query on expression of emotions.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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FL-1507

From:
Darwin, Emma
To:
Darwin, Horace
Date:
[5 May 1868?]
Source of text:
DAR 258: 608
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Darwin Family Letters

DCP-LETT-6163

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Gilbert William Child
Date:
[6 May 1868]
Source of text:
DAR 96: 56
Summary:

Encloses a testimonial for GWC [see 6162]. Feels himself poorly qualified to give a testimonial for a botanist and apologises for his brevity.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-6162

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Gilbert William Child
Date:
6 May [1868]
Source of text:
Royal College of Physicians of London (RCP/LEGAC/1001/64)
Summary:

Cannot judge GWC’s fitness for the Botanical Chair at Oxford. But CD appreciates his work, particularly that on spontaneous generation [Proc. R. Soc. Lond. 13 (1863–4): 313; 14 (1865): 178].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-6164

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Otto Staudinger
Date:
6 May [1868]
Source of text:
DAR 147: 491
Summary:

Asks about the ratio of male to female Lepidoptera.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-6166

From:
Gilbert William Child
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
7 May [1868]
Source of text:
DAR 161: 144
Summary:

Thanks CD for testimonial.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-6168

From:
Leonard Jenyns; Leonard Blomefield
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
9 May 1868
Source of text:
DAR 168: 58
Summary:

Sends his notes on Florent Prévost’s reference to the habits of the cuckoo.

Contributor:
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FL-1382

From:
Darwin, Horace
To:
Darwin, G. H.
Date:
10 May [1868]
Source of text:
DAR 258: 838
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Darwin Family Letters

DCP-LETT-6169

From:
George Cupples
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
11–13 May 1868
Source of text:
DAR 83: 119–20, DAR 83: 121–6, DAR 85: B28
Summary:

Answers CD’s queries on difference in size of male and female Scottish deerhounds; female preference for larger males; details about ratio of sexes born. Quotes from letter of Archibald McNeill on difference in size of male and female Scotch deerhounds.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-6527

From:
John Robert Goodwin Barr
To:
George Cupples
Date:
[after 11 May 1868?]
Source of text:
DAR 85: B27
Summary:

Sends replies on dogs – sexual differences and preferences.

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DCP-LETT-7186

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Albrecht Carl Ludwig Gotthilf (Albert) Günther
Date:
12 May [1868]
Source of text:
Shrewsbury School, Taylor Library (Gunther letters 2); DAR 82: B21–2
Summary:

Sends some questions on secondary sexual differences of fishes [missing], which he hopes AG will look over.

Invites AG to come to Down.

Encloses queries on sexual differences and nest-building habits of fish.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-6170

From:
Albrecht Carl Ludwig Gotthilf (Albert) Günther
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
13 May 1868
Source of text:
DAR 165: 242a, DAR 82: B23
Summary:

Sends proofs of his fish paper.

Will observe modification of colour in fish.

Is studying the development of the axolotl.

Encloses notes in reply to CD’s queries on fishes.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-5762

From:
William Darwin Fox
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[before 14 May 1868]
Source of text:
DAR 86: A83–4
Summary:

Pairing habits of birds: polygamy among ducks and canaries.

Information on the proportion of sexes in fowls and other birds.

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