To E. P. Wright   26 March [1865]

Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.

Mar 26

Dear Dr Wright

I am very much obliged for your note.1 The fact that you mention about the buffalo diving is extremely curious & might come in of use to me, at some future day as illustrating abnormal habits. But I have one little difficulty   you speak of the animal as Buf. arnee; now the Arnee is a species of Bos & not of Bubalus; if you cd at any time learn whether the animal was a Bubalus or a Bos your case wd be more valuable.2

With very sincere thanks, pray believe me | Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin

LS(A)

Endorsement: ‘1865’

2
For Wright’s identification, see Correspondence vol. 13, letter from E. P. Wright, 31 March 1865. The Asian water buffalo that Wright discussed is now named Bubalus bubalis; Bubalus bubalis arnee is a subspecies.

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

2.1 With … Darwin] in CD’s hand

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