To P. L. Sclater 26 December [1870]¹

The Printers have been slack; but I now send two sheets, & 1 $\frac{1}{2}$ , or thereabouts, more will complete your very kind assistance.²

C. Darwin

Dec. 26^th.

The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter to P. L. Sclater, 5 December 1870.

Sclater was checking the names of the birds and mammals in the proof-sheets of Descent (see letter to P. L. Sclater, 5 December 1870 and n. 1).

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

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Please cite as “DCP-LETT-7402,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-7402