RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Length of lamellæ. CUL-DAR69.A32. (Cite as: John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 4.2023. RN1
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(a) Enlarge of [Bill] in Shoveller & [illeg] — length of lamellæ — seem to stand in relation so not whole that much larger [illeg] & anyway [illeg] has largest lamellæ, owing to hen freely of ramble animal
Goose — not a sifter yet maybe a small change been converted into a sifter
I may add, as ultimately the power of slight change that the Ag by lamellæ of a goose cd be [2 words illeg] into the shape, form, backward directed teeth of the fish-catching merganser, to [3 words illeg]
54 [+] 56 [+] 17 [+] 40 [+] 21 [=] 188 lamellæ in Shoveller
In some Duck about 50
Goose 27 Kept on road
Shoveller depend extremity 1.4
(Merganser)
(over)
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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