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To Francis Darwin   [11 October 1876]

Bassett

From Mr. C. Darwin,

You have sent me the 2d part of the Zoolog. Garten with an account of the death of the mandrill.— Please send me month & page of the first part about the mandrill, that I may give reference.—1

C. D.

ApcS

Postmark: OC 11 76

1
CD was writing a letter on sexual selection in monkeys for Nature; the letter discussed a two-part article on the mandrill (Cynocephalus mormon, a synonym of Mandrillus sphinx) in Zoologische Garten (Fischer 1876a; see letter to Francis Darwin, 20 September [1876] and n. 3). Part 1 of Fischer 1876a was published in April 1876, pp. 116–27; part 2 in June 1876, pp. 174–9.

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

0.1 Bassett] after del ‘Down, Beckenham.’
0.2 Mr.] altered from ‘Mrs.’
1.1 part] above del ‘number’

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-10638,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-10638