Darwin's specimens
This collection of published descriptions of Darwin's specimens, the largest ever created, contains many previously overlooked items. Arranged alphabetically by author.
For Darwin's notes on his specimens see Zoology notes, Ornithological notes, Animals; Fish in spirits of wine; Insects; Shells in spirits of wine, Reptiles & amphibians, Insects in spirits of wine;Mammalia in spirits of wine; Molluscs in spirits of wine; Cambridge Zoology Museum; Collection of Rocks; fossil wood. See an overview of illustrations of Darwin's specimens here. See also:
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Adey, W. H. & Lebednik, P. A. 1967. Catalog of the Foslie Herbarium. Trondheim: Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskab Museet.
Babington, C. C. 1836. Notice of the varieties of Chiasognathus Grantii, forwarded to Cambridge by C. Darwin, Esq. (Read 4 Jan.) Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1: lxxxv-lxxxvi. Text A891
Babington, C. C. [1842.] Dytiscidae Darwinianae; or, Descriptions of the Species of Dytiscidae collected by Charles Darwin, Esq., M.A. Sec. G. S. &c., in South America and Australia during his Voyage in H.M.S. Beagle. [Read 4 June 1838] Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 3: 1-17. Text Image PDF A38
Barlow, N. ed. 1963. Darwin's ornithological notes. Bulletin BMNH (Hist.) 2 (7): 201-278. Text Image PDF F1577
Bell, T. 1842-43. Reptiles [& Amphibia] Part 5 of The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin. Text Image PDF F9.5
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Bauer, A. M. & C. J. McCarthy. 2010. Darwin's pet Galápagos tortoise, Chelonoidis darwinia, rediscovered. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 9: 270-276.
Berkeley, M. J. 1840. Notice of Some Fungi Collected by C. Darwin, Esq., during the Expedition of H. M. Ship Beagle. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4: 291-93. Text Image PDF A97
Berkeley, M. J. 1842. Notice on some fungi collected by C. Darwin, Esq., in South America and the Islands of the Pacific. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9: 443-448. Text Image PDF A127
Berkeley, M. J. 1845. On an edible fungus from Tierra del Fuego, and an allied Chilian species. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 19: 37-43, plate 4. Text Image F1671
Bibron, G. 1841. Le rhinoderme de Darwin. Rhinoderma Darwinii. In Duméril, A. M. C. & Bibron, G. eds. Erpétologie générale, ou Histoire naturelle compléte des reptiles, vol. 8: 659. Image A518
Brent, B. P. 1860. The Canary and the British finches. The wild Canary of Madeira. Cottage Gardener (17 April): 43. Text PDF A2915
Bryant, G. E. 1942. New species of Chrysomelidae, Halticinae (Coleopt.), collected by Charles Darwin during the voyage of the 'Beagle', 1832-1836. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 11) 9: 99-107. Text Image PDF A326
Buckland, W. 1837. Geology and mineralogy considered with reference to natural theology. Sixth Bridgewater treatise. Text A295
Bungartz, F. L. & Aptroot, A. 2010. The family Graphidaceae (Ostropales, Lecanoromycetes) in the Galapagos Islands. Nova Hedwigia, Band 90 Heft 1-2: 1-44.
Busk, G. 1852. Catalogue of marine Polyzoa in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Cheilostomata (part). Text Image PDF A532.1
Busk, G. 1854. Catalogue of marine Polyzoa in the collection of the British Museum, Part II. Cheilostomata (part). Text Image PDF A532.2
Busk, G. 1875. Catalogue of marine Polyzoa in the collection of the British Museum, Part III. Cyclostomata. Text Image PDF A532.3
Butler, A. G. 1873. A monographic list of the species of the Genus Gonyleptes, with descriptions of three remarkable new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ser. 4, 11(62): 112-117. Text A2916
Champion, G. C. 1918. Notes on various South American Coleoptera collected by Charles Darwin during the voyage of the Beagle, with descriptions of new genera and species. Entomologists' Monthly Magazine 54: 43-55. Text Image PDF A702
Champion, G. C. 1918. Notes on various species of the American genus Aslylus, etc. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9, 2: 337-.
Champion, G. C. 1918. The Coleoptera of the Falkland Is. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 1: 167-186.
Champion, G. C. 1925. Studies in Phalacridae.—II. Asiatic and Tropical American forms." Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9, 16: 601-621.
Chancellor, G., A. diMauro, R. Ingle, G. King. 1988. Charles Darwin's Beagle Collections in the Oxford University Museum. Archives of Natural History 15 (2): 197-231. Text Image PDF F1838
Clift, W. 1835. Notice on the Megatherium brought from Buenos Ayres by Woodbine Parish, Jun., Esq. F.G.S. F.R.S. [Read 13 June 1832] Transactions of the Geological Society of London (2nd ser.) 3 (3): 437-450, pls. 43-46. Text Image PDF A703
Cockerell, T. D. A. 1932. Bees collected by Charles Darwin on the voyage of the 'Beagle'. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 40 (Dec.): 519-522. Text Image PDF A322
Cobbold, T. S. 1873. Notes on Entozoa—Part I. [Read 10 Oct.] Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 47: 736-742, 1 plate. Text Image PDF A293
Cobbold, T. S. 1874. Notes on Entozoa. Part II. [Read 2 Jan.] Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 48: 124-8, 1 plate. Text Image PDF A294
Cobbold, T. S. 1886. Notes on Parasites collected by the late Charles Darwin, Esq. By T. Spencer Cobbold, M.D., F.R.S., F.L.S., Hon. Vice-President of the Birmingham Natural History and Microscopical Society. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society (Zoology) 19: 174-8. Text Image PDF F1806
Darwin in Argentina. Revista de la Asociación Geológica Argentina 64, No. 1 (Feb. 2009): 1-180. Text PDF A194
Darwin's Plants from the Voyage of the Beagle. Images of Darwin's Beagle plant specimens held in the Herbarium at the University of Cambridge.
Darwin, C. R. 1837. [Notes on Rhea americana and Rhea darwinii]. [Read 14 Mar.] Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 5: 35-36. Text Image PDF F1643
Darwin, C. R. 1837. [Chiasognathus Grantii]. [Read 3 Apr.] Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 2: xli. Text Image PDF F1913
Darwin, C. R. 1837. [Specimens of the genus Carabus from South America]. [Read 3 Apr.] Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 2: xli. Text Image PDF F1643a
Darwin, C. R. 1837. [Remarks upon the habits of the genera Geospiza, Camarhynchus, Cactornis and Certhidea of Gould]. [Read 10 May] Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 5: 49. Text Image F1644
Darwin, C. R. 1839. Journal and remarks. 1832-1836. Text Image PDF F10.3
Darwin, C. R. 1844. Observations on the structure and propagation of the genus Sagitta. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 13 (Jan.): 1-6, 1 plate. Text Image PDF F1664
Darwin, C. R. 1844. Mr. Darwin's Memorandum. In Henslow, J. S., Rust in wheat. Gardeners' Chronicle (28 Sept.): 659. Text Image PDF F1668a
Darwin, C. R. 1844. Brief descriptions of several terrestrial planariae, and of some remarkable marine species, with an account of their habits. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 14 (Oct.): 241-251, 1 plate. Text Image PDF F1669
Darwin, C. R. 1845. Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle round the world. 2d ed. Text Image PDF F14
Darwin, C. R. 1845. Extracts from letters to the General Secretary, on the analogy of the structure of some volcanic rocks with that of glaciers. By C. Darwin, Esq., F.R.S. Specimens were exhibited. With observations on the same subject by Prof. Forbes. [Communicated by J. D. Forbes. 3 Feb.] Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 2: 17-18. Text Image PDF F1670
Darwin, C. R. 1846. An account of the fine dust which often falls on vessels in the Atlantic ocean. [Read 4 June 1845]. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 2: 26-30. Text Image PDF F1672
Darwin, C. R. 1877. Growth under difficulties. Gardeners' Chronicle. Text Image PDF F1782 
Darwin, C. R. 1894. [Note on a Toxodon skull]. In R. Owen ed. The life of Richard Owen, vol. 1, pp. 119-120. Text Image PDF F2032
Darwin, C. R. Catalogue of the appendages and other parts of Cirripedes, mounted as microscopical slides. (1854-5). Introduction Text & images UMZC-Histories3.454
Duncan, P. M. 1876. Notices of some Deep-sea and Littoral Corals from the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean, Indian, New-Zealand, Persian Gulf, and Japanese &c. Seas. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 44: 428-442. PDF A1339
Ehrenberg, C. G. 1844. Über einen die ganze Luft längere Zeit trübenden Staubregen im hohen atlantischen Ocean, in 70° 43' N.B. 26 W.L., und dessen Mischung aus zahlreichen Kieselthieren. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königl. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, pp. 183, 194-207. Text Image PDF A138
Ehrenberg, C. G. 1845. Über eine aus feinstem Kieselmehl von Infusorien bestehende Schminke der Feuerländer. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeingneten Verhandlungen der Königl. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, pp. 63-64. Text Image PDF A139 [Fuegian skin pigments]
Ehrenberg, C. G. 1845. Über einen bedeutenden Infusorien haltenden vulkanischen Aschen-Tuff (Pyrobiolith) auf der Insel Ascension. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeingneten Verhandlungen der Königl. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, pp. 140-42. Text Image PDF A140
Ehrenberg, C. G. 1845. Über einen See-Infusorien haltenden weissen vulkanischen Aschen-Tuff (Pyrobioloth) als sehr grosse Gebirgsmasse in Patagonien. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeingneten Verhandlungen der Königl. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, pp. 143-57. Text Image PDF A141
Forbes, E. 1846. Descriptions of Secondary Fossil Shells from South America. Appendix. In Darwin, C. R., Geological Observations on South America, pp. 265-68, pl. v. Text Image PDF F273
Funkhouser, W. D. 1934. A new membracid collected by Charles Darwin (Homoptera). Entomological News 45 (8) (Oct.): 203-204. Text Image PDF A323
Galloway, D. J. 2009. Darwin's Lichens. The Linnean 25(3): 36-51.
Gould, J. 1837. [Remarks on a Group of Ground Finches from Mr. Darwin's Collection, with Characters of the New Species]. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 5: 4-7. Text Image PDF A88
Gould, J. 1837. [Observations on the Raptorial Birds in Mr. Darwin's Collection, with Characters of the New Species]. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 5: 9-11. Text Image PDF A89
Gould, J. 1837. Exhibition of the fissirostral birds from Mr. Darwin’s collection, and characters of the new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 5: 22. Text Image PDF A695
Gould, J. 1837. [Observations on a species of Sterna in King's College, a species of cormorant in the United Service Museum and three species of the genus Orpheus, from the Galapagos, in the collection of Mr. Darwin]. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 5: 26-27. Text Image PDF A306
Gould, J. 1837. [On a New Rhea (Rhea Darwinii) from Mr. Darwin's Collection]. [Read 14 Mar.] Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 5: 35. Text Image PDF A177
Gould, J. 1837. [Exhibition of Mr. Darwin's Birds, and description of a New Species of Wagtail (Motacilla Yarrelli)]. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 5: 77-78. Text Image PDF A178
Gould, J. 1838. [Exhibition of 'another portion of the birds collected by Charles Darwin, Esq.']. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 6: 4. Text Image A696
Gould, J. [& G. R. Gray]. 1838-41. Birds Part 3 of The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin. Text Image PDF F9.3
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Grant, R. E. 1827. Notice regarding the ova of the Pontobdella muricata, Lam. Edinburgh Journal of Science 7 (1): 160-161. Text Image A144
Gray, J. E. 1845. [Specimens presented by Darwin in] Catalogue of the specimens of lizards in the collection of the British Museum. Text Image PDF A275
Gray, J. E. 1865. A revision of the genera and species of Amphisbænians, with the descriptions of some new species now in the Collection of the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 442-455. PDF A2926
Grouw, H. van, & F. D. Steinheimer. 2008. Charles Darwin’s lost Cinereous Harrier found in the collection of the National Museum of Natural History Leiden. Zoologische Mededelingen 82 (Dec.): 595-598. Text PDF A581
Günther, A. 1858. Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia in the collection of the British Museum. Image PDF A535
Günther, A. 1860. On a new snake from the Galapagos Islands [Herpetodryas biserialis]. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1860: 97-98. Text Image PDF A700
Günther, A. 1877. The gigantic land-tortoises (living and extinct) in the collection of the British Museum, iv + 96 p., pls. I-LIV. Image PDF A701
Harker, A. 1907. Notes on the rocks of the "Beagle" Collection. Geological Magazine 5th ser. 4: 100-106. Text Image PDF A104
[Harker, A. c. 1907]. Sedgwick Museum. Catalogue of the "Beagle" Collection of Rocks, made by Charles Darwin during the voyage of H.M.S. "Beagle", 1832-6. Introduction Text Image HarkerCatalogue
Harmer, S. F. 1901. List of specimens collected on the Beagle which were kept or discarded, with extracts from Darwin's manuscripts referring to specimens kept in the museum. University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge. Text & images UMZC-Histories4.945
Harvey, W. H. 1847. Nereis Australis, or algae of the Southern Ocean: being figures and descriptions of marine plants...deposited in the herbarium of the Dublin University, pp. 46, 47, 95-96, 98, 100, 103-107, 109, 110, TAB. XXXVIII, TAB. XL, TAB. XLI. PDF A2912
Harvey, W. H. 1851. Phycologia Britannica, or, A history of British sea-weeds. vol. 3. London: Reeve and Benham, n.p., plate CCXCI. (Melobesia calcarea: "Probably widely dispersed; I have specimens from New Zealand (Dr. J. D. Hooker), and the Galapagos Group (Mr. Darwin).")
Harvey, W. H. 1863. Phycologia australica; or, A history of Australian sea weeds. vol. 5. London: Lovell Reeve, p. xxx. (King George's Sound. Lithothamnion darwini).
Hemsley, W. B. 1885. Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876 … vol. 1. Botany. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, pp. 13, 14, 18, 20, 21, 22, 29, 81, 113, 125, 157, 164, plate XLVII. PDF A2532
Henslow, J. S. 1837. Description of Two New Species of Opuntia; with Remarks on the Structure of the Fruit of Rhipsalis. Magazine of Zoology and Botany 1:466-69. Text Image PDF A96
Henslow, J. S. 1838. Florula Keelingensis. An account of the native plants of the Keeling Islands. By the Rev. J. S. Henslow, M.A., Professor of Botany in the University of Cambridge. Annals of natural history Vol. 1, No. 5 (Jul.): 337-347. 2 pls. Text Image PDF F1959
Herbert, S., Gibson, S. A., Norman, D. B., Geist, D., Estes, G., Grant, T. and Miles, A. J. 2009. Into the field again: re-examining Charles Darwin's 1835 geological work on Isla Santiago (James Island) in the Galápagos archipelago. Earth Sciences History 28, No. 1: 1-31. Text Image PDF A578
Hickson, S. J. 1921. On Some Alcyonaria in the Cambridge Museum. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 20: 366-73. Text Image PDF A93
Higgins, H. H. 1881. Note on a collection of Cirripedes, made by Mr. Charles Darwin, and now in the Free Public Museum. Proceedings of the literary and philosophical society of Liverpool 35: xlv-xlvi. Text Image PDF A310
Hooker, J. D. 1844-7. Flora Antarctica. Pt. 1 of The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery-Ships Erebus and Terror…1839-43. PDF A671
Hooker, J. D. 1846. Description of Pleuropetalum, a new genus of Portulaceae, from the Galapagos Islands. London Journal of Botany 5: 108-9. Text Image PDF A113
Hooker, J. D. 1846. Enumeration of the plants in the Galapagos Islands, with descriptions of the new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London 1: 276-279. Text Image PDF A698
Hooker, J. D. 1847. An enumeration of the plants of the Galapagos Archipelago; with descriptions of those which are new. [Read 4 Mar., 6 May and 16 Dec. 1845.] Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 20: 163-233. Text Image PDF A149
Hooker, J. D. 1847. On the vegetation of the Galapagos Archipelago, as compared with that of some other tropical islands and of the continent of America. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 20: 235-262. Text Image PDF A148
Hooker, J. D. 1871. Abutilon Darwinii. Curtis's Botanical Magazine (1 August), ser. 3, vol. XXVII, n.p., tab. 5917. PDF A2890
Hooker, W. J. & Arnott, G. A. W. 1836. Contributions towards a Flora of South America and the islands of the Pacific. Companion to the Botanical Magazine 2: 41-52. Text Image PDF A152
Hooker, W. J. & Arnott, G. A. W. 1836. Contributions towards a Flora of South America and the islands of the Pacific. Companion to the Botanical Magazine 2: 250-254. Text Image PDF A153
Hooker, W. J. 1837-44. Icones plantarum or figures, with brief descriptive characters and remarks, of new or rare plants, selected from the author's herbarium. Text PDF A672
Hooker, W. J. & Arnott, G. A. W. 1841. Contributions towards a Flora of South America and the islands of the Pacific. Journal of Botany, London, 3: 19-47. Text Image PDF A145
Hooker, W. J. & Arnott, G. A. W. 1841. Contributions towards a Flora of South America and the islands of the Pacific. Journal of Botany, London, 3: 310-348. Text Image PDF A146
Hope, F. W. 1838. Descriptions of some species of Carabidae, collected by Charles Darwin, Esq., in his late Voyage. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 2: 128-131. Text Image PDF A101
Hope, F. W. 1838. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London: Sitting of the third Apr., 1837 [Exhibition of Chiasognathus Grantii and Carabi collected by Mr. Darwin, with comments on these specimens]. Entomological Magazine 5: 56-59. Text Image PDF A595
Jenyns, L. 1840-42. Fish Part 4 of The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin. Text Image PDF F9.4 Introduction Original numbers issued:
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Keynes, R. D. ed. 2000. Charles Darwin's zoology notes & specimen lists from H.M.S. Beagle. Text Image PDF F1840
Kirby, W. F. 1881. A List of the Hymenoptera of New Zealand. (Read 2 February) Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (1): 35-50. PDF A2921
Laurent, J. & Campbell, M. 1987. The Eye of Reason: Charles Darwin in Australasia.
Lea, A. M. 1926. On some Australian Coleoptera collected by Charles Darwin during the voyage of the "Beagle". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, pp. 279-88.
Linsley, E. G. & Usinger, R. L. 1966. Insects of the Galápagos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 33 (7): 113-196. Text Image PDF A533
Lowe, M. W.; Brooke, M. de L.; Rookmaaker, L. C.; Wetton, L., 2010. Charles Darwin's tinamou egg. Archives of Natural History 37 (1): 167-169, fig. 1.
Lubbock, J. 1853. Description of a new genus of Calanidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History: 25-29, pl. 1. Text Image PDF A309
Lubbock, J. 1855. On the freshwater Entomostraca of South America. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (NS) 3 (6): 232-240, pl. 15. Text Image PDF A699
Lyell, C. 1837. Presidential Address to the Geological Society. (Read 17 Feb.). Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 2, no. 49: 479-523. Text & image PDF A600
Martin, W. 1837. Observations on three specimens of the genus Felis presented to the Society by Charles Darwin, Esq., Corr. Memb. Z. S. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 5: 3-4. Text Image PDF A697
Martin, W. 1837. [Observations upon a New Fox from Mr. Darwin's Collection (Vulpes fulvipes)]. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 5: 11-12. Text Image PDF A90
Martin, W. 1837. [Observations on a Specimen of Dasypus hybridus, Desm., from Mr. Darwin's Collection]. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 5: 13-14. Text Image PDF A91
Martin, W. 1838. Sur trois espèce du genre Felis. L'Institut 6, No. 235: 210-211. Text Image A180
Morris, J., & Sharpe, D. 1846. Description of eight species of brachyopodous shells from the Palaeozoic rocks of the Falkland Islands. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 2, (25 Mar.): 274-278, pls. X-XI. Text Image PDF A147
Newman, E. 1840. Entomological notes. The Entomologist 1: 7-13. Text Image PDFA95
Oberprieler, R.G., Thompson, R.T. & Peterson, M. 2010. Darwin's forgotten weevil. Zootaxa 2675: 33-46; figs 1-15.
Owen, R. 1837. A description of the Cranium of the Toxodon Platensis, a gigantic extinct mammiferous species, referrible by its dentition to the Rodentia, but with affinities to the Pachydermata and the Herbivorous Cetacea. [Read 19 Apr.] Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 2: 541-542. Text Image PDF A235
Owen, R. 1838. Description d'une machoire inferieure et de dents de Toxodon trouvées à Bahia-Blanca, à 39° de latitude sur la cote Est de l'Amerique méridionale. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, second series (Zoologie) 2: 45-54, pls. 2-3. Text Image PDF A137
Owen, R. 1838. Beschreibung eines zu Bahia Blanca, unter 39° Breite auf der Ostküste des südlichen America's, gefundenen Unterkiefers und Zähne von Toxodon. Neue Notizen aus dem Gebiete der Natur- und Heilkunde 8 (174): 308-312. Text Image A134
Owen, R. 1838-40. Fossil Mammalia Part 1 of The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin. Text Image PDF F9.1
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[Owen, R.] 1853. Descriptive catalogue of the osteological series contained in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England Vol. 1: Pisces, Reptilia, Aves, Marsupialia. Text Image PDF PDF A150
[Owen, R.] 1853. Descriptive catalogue of the osteological series contained in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England Vol. 2: Mammalia Placentalia. Text Image PDF A151
Owen, R. 1857. On the Scelidothere (Scelidotherium leptocephalum, Owen). [Read 18 Dec. 1856] Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 147: 101-110. Text Image PDF A244
Porter, D. M. 1980. Charles Darwin's plant collections from the voyage of the Beagle. Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History 9: 515-525. Text PDF A879
Porter, D. M. 1980. The vascular plants of Joseph Dalton Hooker's An enumeration of the plants of the Galapagos Archipelago; with descriptions of those which are new. Botanical journal of the Linnean Society 81: 79-134.
Porter, D. M. 1981. Darwin's missing notebooks come to light. Nature 291: 13.
Porter, D. M. 1982. Charles Darwin's notes on plants of the Beagle voyage. Taxon 31: 503-506.
Porter, D. M. 1983. Charles Darwin, the Cape Verde Islands and the Herbarium Webb. Webbia 36, 2: 225-228.
Porter, D. M. 1983. More Darwin Beagle notes resurface. Archives of Natural History 11: 315-316.
Porter, D. M. 1984. William Jackson Hooker and Charles Darwin's Beagle plants. Huntia 5: 107-116.
Porter, D. M. 1985. The Beagle collector and his collections. In The Darwinian Heritage, pp. 973-1019.
Porter, D. M. 1986. Charles Darwinis vascular plant collections from the voyage of HMS Beagle. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 93: 1-172.
Porter, D. M. 1986. Charles Darwin and 'ancient seeds'. Archives of Natural History 13: 165-168.
Porter, D. M. 1987. Darwin's notes on Beagle plants. Bulletin BMNH (Hist.) 14, No. 2: 145-233. Text Image PDF F1827
Porter, D. M. 1999. Charles Darwin's Chilean plant collections. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 72: 181-200. Text F2114
Porter, D. M., G. Murrell, and J. Parker. 2009. Some new Darwin vascular plant specimens from the Beagle voyage. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 159: 12-18.
Porter, D. M. 2010. Darwin, the botanist on the Beagle. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Ser. 4, vol. 61, Suppl. II, pp. 117-156.
Ramsay, A. C., Bristow, H. W., Geikie, A. & Bauerman, H. 1862. A descriptive catalogue of the rock specimens in the Museum of Practical Geology, with explanatory notices of their nature and mode of occurrence in place. Text Image PDF A155
Reid, J. 1837. [Notes on several quadrupeds in Mr. Darwin's collection]. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 5: 4. Text Image A87
Richardson, C. 1933. Petrology of the Galapagos Islands. In L. J. Chubb, Geology of Galapagos, Cocos, and Easter Islands. Bernice B. Bishop Museum-Bulletin 110: 45-67. Text Image PDF A189
Robinson, G. S. 1983. Darwin's moth from St Paul's Rocks: a new species of Erechthias (Tineidae) [Erechthias darwini]. Systematic Entomology 8: 303-311.
Rosen, B. R. & Darrell, J. G. 2011. A generalised historical trajectory for Charles Darwin's specimen collections, with a case study of his Coral Reef Specimen List in the Natural History Museum, London. In Stoppa, F. & Veraldi, R. eds, Darwin tra scienza, storia e società: 150° anniversario della publicazione di Origine delle Specie. Rome.
Salvin, O. 1876. On the avifauna of the Galapagos archipelago. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 9 (May): 447-510, pls. LXXXIV, LXXXVI, LXXXVI, LXXXVII, LXXXVIII, LXXXIX. pdf/pdf
Saunders, W. W. 1842. Descriptions of the Chrysomelidae of Australia, allied to the Genus Cryptocephalus. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 4(2): 141-154. PDF A2925
Schomburgk, R. H. 1837. On the Identity of three supposed Genera of Orchideous Epiphytes. In a Letter to A. B. Lambert, Esq., V.P.L.S. By Mr. Robert H. Schomburgk. [Read 15 Nov. 1836] Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 17: 551-2. Text Image PDF A246
Sharpe, D. 1856. Description of Palaeozoic Mollusca from South Africa. Transactions of the Geological Society of London (2) 7:206-215, 2pl. Text PDF A1023
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Waterhouse, G. R. 1841. Carabideous insects collected by Charles Darwin, Esq., during the voyage of Her Majesty's ship Beagle. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 (Dec.): 254-257. Text Image PDF A131
Waterhouse, G. R. 1841. Carabideous insects collected by Charles Darwin, Esq., during the voyage of Her Majesty's ship Beagle. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6: 351-355. Text Image PDF A130
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Waterhouse, G. R. 1841. Dytiscidae Darwinianae; or, descriptions of the species of Dytiscidae collected by Charles Darwin, Esq., M.A. Sec. G.S. &c., in South America and Australia, during his voyage in H.M.S. Beagle. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 3: 1-17, pl. I. Text Image PDF A157
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Waterhouse, G. R. 1843. Description of a new genus of Carabideous insects brought from the Falkland Islands by Charles Darwin, Esq. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 11: 281-283. Text Image A133
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Waterhouse, G. R. 1845. Descriptions of Coleopterous Insects Collected by Charles Darwin, Esq., in the Galapagos Islands. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 16: 19-41. Text Image PDF A99
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