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From Henry Baker Tristram   6 June 1868

Greatham Vicarage | Stockton on Tees

6 June 1868

Dear Sir

I am much interested by your enquiries, & shall have great pleasure in answering them to the best of my ability.1 But I am from home for three weeks to come on clerical duty, & have not an opportunity of referring to books or specimens, without which I cannot reply satisfactorily.

I trust therefore it will not inconvenience you, if I do not reply until the end of the month, when I hope to return home—

I am glad to have the opportunity of thanking you for your unexpected kindness in putting your name to my certificate for the Royal Society.2

I am | Dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | H. B. Tristram

Charles Darwin Esqre.

1
CD’s queries have not been found; they related to sexual differences in the coloration of birds. Tristam’s answers are in his letter to CD of 1 July 1868.
2
Tristram was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of London on 4 June 1868 (Record of the Royal Society of London, p. 482).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-6234,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-6234