Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
May 9th 77
My dear Sir
I have been always inclined to think that sparrows were acute & crafty birds, but you certainly show that they are fools, & if they go on behaving in so ideotic a manner, you will do quite right to expose their conduct in some public Journal!—1
Yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Please cite as “DCP-LETT-10957,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on