From Charles Peter Layard to G. H. K. Thwaites   28 July 1868

My dear M^r. Thwaites—

on the subject of the black boned fowl & D^r. Darwin’s enquiries— I now possess five hens, & two cocks w^h. have the characteristic Edgar Layard conceived peculiar to the female bird.¹

If you require any particular information respecting these fowl please to let me know the questions of D^r Darwin w^h you wish me to answer.

Would there be any object in sending some specimens to England? if so—I have no doubt that with Capt Baileys assistance—it might be possible to get them forwarded by one of the O.P.C. steamers to D^r. Darwin.²

Ever Yours truly | Charles P. Layard

I hope you accomplished your tasks in the [Haygam] Corle³ to your satisfaction & that the headmen were useful.