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To J. P. Thomasson   30 March 1875

Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.

March 30.75

Dear Sir

I must write one line to thank you for your letter. I consulted such books as I had at hand, but I seem to be in error about the nests of the two flycatchers.1

With many thanks | Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin

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1
Thomasson had disagreed with CD’s statement, made in Descent 2d ed., p. 455, that two species of flycatchers both built concealed nests (see Correspondence vol. 23, letter from J. P. Thomasson, 23 March 1875 and n. 1).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-9905F,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-9905F