A894.2    Beagle Library:     Webster, William Henry Bayley. 1834. Narrative of a voyage to the southern Atlantic Ocean, in the years 1828, 29, 30, performed in H.M. Sloop Chanticleer. 2 vols. London: Richard Bentley. Volume 2.   Text

pleasant. The gibbet for the execution of culprits is in this square, and also a well of ants. Although Para possesses in itself few attractions, the numerous shady walks in the environs of the city deserve notice, as they form an [page] 7

A894.2    Beagle Library:     Webster, William Henry Bayley. 1834. Narrative of a voyage to the southern Atlantic Ocean, in the years 1828, 29, 30, performed in H.M. Sloop Chanticleer. 2 vols. London: Richard Bentley. Volume 2.   Text

prevents the ascent of snakes. The monkeys, equally cunning, have recourse to the same for the protection of their young. The insatiable variety of nature, as displayed in the insects of these regions, would require volumes to describe. The ants alone would be the labour of a person's life to detail; in every fruit, on every flower, there is almost a peculiar ant. Some have erected domes of earth three feet in height, hard, durable, and impenetrable by the heaviest rains; others again suspend their

CUL-DAR31.264-267    Note:    1834.07.00   Zoological diary: Chiloé   Text   Image

Beech tree which forms the whole forests of T. del Fuego.— the Winters bark in common to both countries.— (a) I opened stomach of this species killed near Valparaiso, there were as much debris of insects as in a Certhia. besides Diptera I pretty clearly recognized remains not so very small of ants.— (b) This bird utters three very distinct strange crys, one of which is called Chiduco is a good sign; another Huitreu the bad sign; so called from a resemblance to the sounds — This bird is regarded

F1577    Periodical contribution:     Barlow, Nora ed. 1963. Darwin's ornithological notes. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Historical Series 2 (7): 201-278. With introduction, notes and appendix by the editor.   Text   Image   PDF

. On the islets on the Parana I saw many of these compound nests. 1220 In small flocks feeding on the plains, in its flight habits resembling our field-fares: Hops (not walk). in stomach seeds ants. At Bahia Blanca I saw this bird pursuing catching on the wing large coleoptera; iris rich brown, 1221 cop Himantopus, legs rose pink. This bird is very numerous, in small; sometimes in tolerably large flocks. on the great swampy plains fens between the Sierra Ventana B. Ayres. The genus has been

F1583e    Periodical contribution:     Herbert, S. ed. 1980. The red notebook of Charles Darwin. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Historical Series 7 (24 April): 1-164.   Text   Image   PDF

naturalist George-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707-1788), for its falsely reported habit of living chiefly on ants (fourmis), is a general term for a member of the essentially tropical American family Formicariidae. Since Darwin did not collect extensively in tropical areas and does not seem to have used the term Fourmilier elsewhere in his notes, it is doubtful [page 112

CUL-DAR125.-    Note:    1838   Notebook M: [Metaphysics on morals and speculations on expression]   Text   Image

49 Charles Darwin Esq 36 Grt. Marlborough Str. — Private Finished. Octob. 2d. (p. 64. On insect Ants getting on Table. Col. Sykes)1 This Book full of Metaphysics on Morals Speculations on Expression — 1838 Selected Dec 16 1856 1. Sykes, W. H., Descriptions of New Species of Indian Ants, Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1 (Pt. 2):99–107, 1835.

F1582    Book contribution:     Barrett, P. H. 1974. Early writings of Charles Darwin. In Gruber, H. E., Darwin on man. A psychological study of scientific creativity; together with Darwin's early and unpublished notebooks. Transcribed and annotated by Paul H. Barrett, commentary by Howard E. Gruber. Foreword by Jean Piaget. London: Wildwood House. [Notebooks M, N, Old and useless notes, Essay on theology and natural selection, Questions for Mr. Wynn, Extracts from B-C-D-E transmutation notebooks, A Biographical Sketch of Charles Darwin's Father, Plinian Society Minutes Book]   Text

M Notebook Charles Darwin, Esq. 36 Grt. Marlborough Str. PRIVATE Finished October 2d. This Book full of Metaphysics on Morals and Speculations on Expression 1838 Selected Dec. 16, 1856 (p. 64, on sweet ants getting on Table. Col. Sykes.)1 July 15, 1838. My father says he thinks bodily complaints/ mental disposition/oftener go with colour, than with form of body. thus the late Colonel Leighton2 resembled his father in body, but his mother in bodily mental disposition. My father has seen

A595    Periodical contribution:     Hope, F. W. 1838. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London: Sitting of the third April, 1837 [Exhibition of Chiasognathus Grantii and Carabi collected by Mr. Darwin, with comments on these specimens]. Entomological Magazine 5: 56-59.   Text   Image   PDF

exhibited. Mr. Shuckard stated that he had minutely examined these ants, and decidedly pronounced them not to be the above-named insect, but a species entirely new. A paper, by Mr. Sells, on the Chigoe of the West Indies (Pulex penetrans), was read, accompanied by specimens, with further observations by Mr. Westwood, accompanied by drawings, investigating the specific characters of this insect. Mr. Sells described the manner of its attack, insinuating itself more particularly beneath the toe-nails

F1582    Book contribution:     Barrett, P. H. 1974. Early writings of Charles Darwin. In Gruber, H. E., Darwin on man. A psychological study of scientific creativity; together with Darwin's early and unpublished notebooks. Transcribed and annotated by Paul H. Barrett, commentary by Howard E. Gruber. Foreword by Jean Piaget. London: Wildwood House. [Notebooks M, N, Old and useless notes, Essay on theology and natural selection, Questions for Mr. Wynn, Extracts from B-C-D-E transmutation notebooks, A Biographical Sketch of Charles Darwin's Father, Plinian Society Minutes Book]   Text

see it? Charles Darwin 36 Great Marlborough St PRIVATE Notes by Paul H. Barrett The task of tracing the particular books and articles used by Darwin has not always been easy, or possible. In some instances, editions printed later, or earlier, than those actually read by Darwin have been cited. 1. Sykes, W. H., Descriptions of New Species of Indian Ants, Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1 (Pt. 2):99 107, 1835. 2. Leighton, Francis Knyvett (1772 1834), Mayor of Shrewsbury, 1834

F10.3    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1839. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle between the years 1826 and 1836, describing their examination of the southern shores of South America, and the Beagle's circumnavigation of the globe. Journal and remarks. 1832-1836. London: Henry Colburn.   Text   Image   PDF

Clouds on Corcovado Heavy rain Musical Hyla Lampyris and its larvæ Elater, springing powers of Blue haze Noise of butterfly Entomology Ants Wasp-killing spider Parasitical spider Artifices of Epeira Gregarious spider Spider with imperfect web. . . . 21 CHAPTER III. Monte Video Maldonado Excursion to R. Polanco Lazo and Bolas Partridges Geology Absence of trees Cervus campestris River hog Tucutuco Molothrus, cuckoo-like habits of Tyrant-flycatcher Mocking-bird Carrion hawks Tubes formed by