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nearly meet at the top; in the interior the materials are so placed that the forks of the twigs are always presented outwards, by which arrangement not the slightest obstruction is offered to the passage of the birds. The interest of this curious bower is much enhanced by the manner in which it is decorated with the most gaily coloured articles that can be collected, such as the blue tail-feathers of the Rose-hill and Pennantian parakeets, bleached bones and shells of snails, c.; some of the feathers

F1801    Periodical contribution:     Darwin, C. R. 1882. The action of carbonate of ammonia on chlorophyll-bodies. [Read 6 March] Journal of the Linnean Society of London (Botany) 19: 262-284.   Text   Image   PDF

globules of pale-blue transparent matter. In the preceding paper an analogous result from the action of carbonate of ammonia is described in the underground stems and rhizomes of Mercurialis perennis. The leaves were left for 24 additional hours in the solution, and now the horseshoe masses disappeared, being converted into pulpy matter. The immersion of the leaves of this Cyclamen in water for 47 hours caused the chlorophyll-grains to accumulate into heaps, as is known to follow from any

F955    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1882. The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. London: John Murray. 2d ed., fifteenth thousand.   Text   Image   PDF

the males alone of Sitana possess a throat-pouch; and this is splendidly tinted with blue, black, and red. In the Proctotretus tenuis of Chile the male alone is marked with spots of blue, green, and coppery-red.71 In many cases the males retain the same colours throughout the year, but in others they become much brighter during the breeding-season; I may give as an additional instance the Calotes maria, which at this season has a bright red head, the rest of the body being green.72 Both sexes

F1364    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1882. The formation of vegetable mould, through the action of worms, with observations on their habits. Seventh thousand. Corrected by Francis Darwin. London: John Murray.   Text   Image   PDF

should be caused. When under these circumstances worms were illuminated by a bull's-eye lantern having slides of dark red and blue glass, which intercepted so much light that they could be seen only with some difficulty, they were not at all affected by this amount of light, however long they were exposed to it. The light, as far as I could judge, was brighter than that from the full moon. Its colour apparently made no difference in the result. When they were * For instance, Mr. Bridgman and Mr

F955    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1882. The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. London: John Murray. 2d ed., fifteenth thousand.   Text   Image   PDF

mane, but slightly in the colour of the hair and of the naked callosities. In the drill (C. leucophæus) the females and young are much paler-coloured, with less green, than the adult males. No other member in the whole class of mammals is coloured in so extraordinary a manner as the adult male mandrill (C. mormon). The face at this age becomes of a fine blue, with the ridge and tip of the nose of the most brilliant red. According to some authors, the face is also marked with whitish stripes

F955    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1882. The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. London: John Murray. 2d ed., fifteenth thousand.   Text   Image   PDF

hand, as if aware of the danger incurred from the bright blue of the upper surface of his wings, rests with them closed; and this shews that the blue colour cannot be in any way protective. Nevertheless, it is probable that conspicuous colours are indirectly beneficial to many species, as a warning that they are unpalatable. For in certain other cases, beauty has been gained through the imitation of other beautiful species, which inhabit the same district and enjoy an immunity from attack by

F955    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1882. The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. London: John Murray. 2d ed., fifteenth thousand.   Text   Image   PDF

-comer was not noticed by any bird, except by a bullfinch, which is likewise black-headed. This bullfinch was a very quiet bird, and had never before quarrelled with any of its comrades, including another reed-bunting, which had not as yet become black-headed: but the reed-bunting with a black head was so unmercifully treated, that it had to be removed. Spiza cyanea, during the breeding-season, is of a bright blue colour; and though generally peaceable, it attacked S. ciris, which has only the

F955    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1882. The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. London: John Murray. 2d ed., fifteenth thousand.   Text   Image   PDF

wing-feathers, which are ornamented with numerous ocelli. I request the reader to turn back to the drawing (fig. 51, p. 397) of a Polyplectron. In P. napoleonis the ocelli are confined to the tail and the back is of a rich metallic blue; in which respects this species approaches the Java Peacock. P. hardwickii possesses a peculiar top-knot, which is also somewhat like that of the Java peacock. In all the species the ocelli on the wings and tail are either circular or oval, and consist of a

F955    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1882. The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. London: John Murray. 2d ed., fifteenth thousand.   Text   Image   PDF

there is a similar difference, the face and wing coverts moreover of the female being of a paler blue than in the male.23 In the family of the tits (Parinæ), which build concealed nests, the female of our common blue tomtit (Parus cæruleus) is much less brightly coloured than the male: and in the magnificent Sultan yellow tit of India the difference is greater.24 Again in the great group of the woodpeckers,25 the sexes are generally nearly alike, but in the Megapicus validus all those parts of

F1416    Book contribution:     Darwin, C. R. 1882. [Extracts from Darwin's draft chapter 10 of Natural selection]. In Romanes, G. J., Animal intelligence. London: Kegan Paul Trench & Co.   Text   Image   PDF

LANG, A. XXXII Ballades in Blue China. Elzevir 8vo, parchment, 5s. LEIGH, Aarran and Isla. Bellerophon. Small crown 8vo, 5s. LEICHTON, Robert. Records, and other Poems. With Portrait. Small crown 8vo, 7s. 6d. LOCKER, F. London Lyrics. A New and Revised Edition, with Additions and a Portrait of the Author. Crown 8vo, 6s. *** Also a New and Cheaper Edition. Small crown 8vo, 2s. 6d. Love Sonnets of Proteus. With Frontispiece by the Author. Elzevir 8vo, 5s. LOWNDES, Henry. Poems and Translations

F1416    Book contribution:     Darwin, C. R. 1882. [Extracts from Darwin's draft chapter 10 of Natural selection]. In Romanes, G. J., Animal intelligence. London: Kegan Paul Trench & Co.   Text   Image   PDF

HARDY, Thomas. A Pair of Blue Eyes. Author of Far from the Madding Crowd. New Edition. Crown 8vo, 6s. The Return of the Native. New Edition. With Frontispiece. Crown 8vo, 6s. HOOPER, Mrs. G. The House of Raby. Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d. INGELOW, Fean. Off the Skelligs: a Novel. With Frontispiece. Second Edition. Crown 8vo, 6s. MACDONALD, G. Malcolm. With Portrait of the Author engraved on Steel. Sixth Edition. Crown 8vo, 6s. The Marquis of Lossie. Fourth Edition. With Frontispiece. Crown 8vo, 6s. St

F1416    Book contribution:     Darwin, C. R. 1882. [Extracts from Darwin's draft chapter 10 of Natural selection]. In Romanes, G. J., Animal intelligence. London: Kegan Paul Trench & Co.   Text   Image   PDF

after which, out of thirty-two visits, twenty-two were to the orange and yellow. Another colour to which a similar preference is shown is blue. As regards scent, Sir John found that on putting a few drops of eau de Cologne at the entrance of a beehive, 'immediately a number (about 15) came out to see what was the matter.' Other scents had a similar effect; but on repetition several times the bees became accustomed to the scent, and no longer came out. As in ants, so in bees, Sir John's

F1416    Book contribution:     Darwin, C. R. 1882. [Extracts from Darwin's draft chapter 10 of Natural selection]. In Romanes, G. J., Animal intelligence. London: Kegan Paul Trench & Co.   Text   Image   PDF

The Central Prison at Agra is the roosting-place of great numbers of the common blue pigeon; they fly out to the neighbouring country for food every morning, and return in the evening, when they drink at a tank just outside the prison walls. In this tank are a large number of fresh-water turtles, which lie in wait for the pigeons just under the surface of the water and at the edge of it. Any bird alighting to drink near one of these turtles has a good chance of having its head bitten off and

F1800    Periodical contribution:     Darwin, C. R. 1882. The action of carbonate of ammonia on the roots of certain plants. [Read 16 March] Journal of the Linnean Society of London (Botany) 19: 239-261, 2 text figures.   Text   Image   PDF

matter. The tips also of the roots of Dipsacus sylvestris became, under similar treatment, almost black; and higher up the roots, here and there a single parenchyma-cell was coloured pale blue. This occurred in one instance when a rootlet was looked at 35 minutes after irrigation with the solution. Several roots of Apium graveolens were left for 20 and 24 hours in solutions of 4 and 7 to 1000; and in some cases brownish granules, more or less aggregated together, were deposited in some of the

F1800    Periodical contribution:     Darwin, C. R. 1882. The action of carbonate of ammonia on the roots of certain plants. [Read 16 March] Journal of the Linnean Society of London (Botany) 19: 239-261, 2 text figures.   Text   Image   PDF

with the ammonia and iodine; for the fine granular matter was rendered still browner and the starch-grains of a beautiful blue. These roots were left for a week in diluted alcohol, and the granules were not dissolved. Not a single root-hair could be found on these roots. A rooted stolon was therefore dug up and potted on Dec. 12th; it was then forced forwards in the hot-house, and afterwards kept very dry. When examined on Jan. 3rd the roots were found clothed with innumerable root-hairs; and

F1800    Periodical contribution:     Darwin, C. R. 1882. The action of carbonate of ammonia on the roots of certain plants. [Read 16 March] Journal of the Linnean Society of London (Botany) 19: 239-261, 2 text figures.   Text   Image   PDF

due to the presence of invisibly minute granules. More commonly distinctly visible granules are deposited, and these, in the case of Cyclamen persicum, adhered to the inner surface of the protoplasmic utricle; and this probably is the case with other plants. From granules we are led on to globules more or less confluent, and thence to spherical or oval or oddly shaped masses of translucent matter. These were coloured pale or dark blue or green in seven of the genera experimented on; but

F1801    Periodical contribution:     Darwin, C. R. 1882. The action of carbonate of ammonia on chlorophyll-bodies. [Read 6 March] Journal of the Linnean Society of London (Botany) 19: 262-284.   Text   Image   PDF

fused together as to form spheres, being often blended with the aggregated and coloured cell-sap. When a solution of iodine was added to these sections, the pale-coloured spheres and irregularly shaped aggregated masses became bright orange, and they were sometimes sprinkled over with blue particles of starch. The iodine did not cause their immediate disintegration and disappearance, nor did alcohol or acetic acid. In this respect they differ from the recently aggregated masses in Drosera; though in

F839    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1882. The movements and habits of climbing plants. London: John Murray.   Text   Image   PDF

Cradle of the Blue Nile; a Journey through Abyssinia and Soudan, and a Residence at the Court of King John of Ethiopia. Map and Illustrations. 2 vols. Post 8vo. 21s. DENNIS (GEORGE). The Cities and Cemeteries of Etruria. A new Edition, revised, recording all the latest Discoveries. With 20 Plans and 200 Illustrations, 2 vols. Medium 8vo. 42s. DENT (EMMA). Annals of Winchcombe and Sudeley. With 120 Portraits, Plates and Woodcuts. 4to. 42s. DERBY (EARL OF). Iliad of Homer rendered into English

F955    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1882. The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. London: John Murray. 2d ed., fifteenth thousand.   Text   Image   PDF

tree. Nevertheless, we must remember that many parrots are ornamented with crimson, blue, and orange tints, which can hardly be protective. Woodpeckers are eminently arboreal, but besides green species, there are many black, and black-and-white kinds—all the species being apparently exposed to nearly the same dangers. It is therefore probable that with tree-haunting birds, strongly-pronounced colours have been acquired through sexual selection, but that a green tint has been acquired oftener

F955    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1882. The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. London: John Murray. 2d ed., fifteenth thousand.   Text   Image   PDF

-like front-limbs, like hussars with their sabres. The Chinese keep these insects in little bamboo cages, and match them like game-cocks.45 With respect to colour, some exotic locusts are beautifully ornamented; the posterior wings being marked with red, blue, and black; but as throughout the Order the sexes rarely differ much in colour, it is not probable that they owe their bright tints to sexual selection. Conspicuous colours may be of use to these insects, by giving notice that they are

F955    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1882. The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. London: John Murray. 2d ed., fifteenth thousand.   Text   Image   PDF

Australian Gastrophora the upper surface of the fore-wing is pale greyish-ochreous, while the lower surface is magnificently ornamented by an ocellus of cobalt-blue, placed in the midst of a black mark, surrounded by orange-yellow, and this by bluish-white. But the habits of these three moths are unknown; so that no explanation can be given of their unusual style of colouring. Mr. Trimen also informs me that the lower surface of the wings in certain other Geometræ17 and quadrifid Noctuæ are either

F955    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1882. The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. London: John Murray. 2d ed., fifteenth thousand.   Text   Image   PDF

, the males alone are furnished with a large throat-pouch (fig. 33), which can be folded up like a fan, and is coloured blue, black, and red; but these splendid colours are exhibited only during the pairing-season. The female does not possess even a rudiment of this appendage. In the Anolis cristatellus, according to Mr. Austen, the throat pouch, which is bright red marbled with yellow, is present in the female, though in a rudimental condition. Again, in certain other lizards, both sexes are

F955    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1882. The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. London: John Murray. 2d ed., fifteenth thousand.   Text   Image   PDF

blue which I have ever beheld.62 The African hornbill (Bucorax abyssinicus) inflates the scarlet bladder-like wattle on its neck, and with its wings drooping and tail expanded makes quite a grand appearance. 63 Even the iris of the eye is sometimes more brightly-coloured in the male than in the female; and this is frequently the case with the beak, for instance, in our common blackbird. In Buceros corrugatus, the whole beak and immense casque are coloured more conspicuously in the male than in the

F955    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1882. The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. London: John Murray. 2d ed., fifteenth thousand.   Text   Image   PDF

. Bartlett has observed a male Polyplectron (fig. 51) in the act of courtship, and has shewn me a specimen stuffed in the attitude then assumed. The tail and wing-feathers of this bird are ornamented with beautiful ocelli, like those on the peacock's train. Now when the peacock displays himself, he expands and erects his tail transversely to his body, for he stands in front of the female, and has to shew off, at the same time, his rich blue throat and breast. But the breast of the Polyplectron is

F955    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1882. The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. London: John Murray. 2d ed., fifteenth thousand.   Text   Image   PDF

many weeks with a silver (i.e., very pale blue) male, and at last mated with him. Nevertheless, as a general rule, colour appears to have little influence on the pairing of pigeons. Mr. Tegetmeier, at my request, stained some of his birds with magenta, but they were not much noticed by the others. Female pigeons occasionally feel a strong antipathy towards certain males, without any assignable cause. Thus MM. Boitard and Corbié, whose experience extended over forty-five years, state: Quand une

F955    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1882. The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. London: John Murray. 2d ed., fifteenth thousand.   Text   Image   PDF

almost always build open and exposed nests. In another large family, that of the humming-birds, all the species build open nests, yet with some of the most gorgeous species the sexes are alike; and in the majority, the females, though less brilliant than the males, are brightly coloured. Nor can it be maintained that all female humming-birds, which are brightly coloured, escape detection by their tints being green, for some display on their upper surfaces red, blue, and other colours.13 10 'Journal

F955    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1882. The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. London: John Murray. 2d ed., fifteenth thousand.   Text   Image   PDF

nesting, receives some support from certain cases occurring in the Sahara Desert. Here, as in most other deserts, various birds, and many other animals, have had their colours adapted in a wonderful manner to the tints of the surrounding surface. Nevertheless there are, as I am informed by the Rev. Mr. Tristram, some curious exceptions to the rule; thus the male of the Monticola cyanea is conspicuous from his bright blue colour, and the female almost equally conspicuous from her mottled brown and

F955    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1882. The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. London: John Murray. 2d ed., fifteenth thousand.   Text   Image   PDF

2 See, for instance, Mr. Gould's account ('Handbook to the Birds of Australia,' vol i. p. 133) of Cyanalcyon (one of the Kingfishers), in which, however, the young male, though resembling the adult female, is less brilliantly coloured. In some species of Dacelo the males have blue tails, and the females brown ones; and Mr. R. B. Sharpe informs me that the tail of the young male of D. gaudichaudi is at first brown. Mr. Gould has described (ibid. vol. ii. pp. 14, 20, 37) the sexes and the young of

F955    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1882. The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. London: John Murray. 2d ed., fifteenth thousand.   Text   Image   PDF

Naked Skin.—I will first give briefly all the cases known to me, of male quadrupeds differing in colour from the females. With Marsupials, as I am informed by Mr. Gould, the sexes rarely differ in this respect; but the great red kangaroo offers a striking exception, delicate blue being the prevailing tint in those parts of the female which in the male are red. 19 In the Didelphis opossum of Cayenne ———————————— chap xx. on the practice of selection by semi-civilised people. For the Berbura goat

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disappear. I may here mention that Judge Caton has in his park three races of the Virginian deer, which differs slightly in colour, but the differences are almost exclusively confined to the blue winter or breeding-coat; so that this case may be compared with those given in a previous chapter of closely-allied or representative species of birds, which differ from each other only in their breeding plumage.27 The females of Cervus paludosus of S. America, as well as the young of both sexes, do not

F955    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1882. The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. London: John Murray. 2d ed., fifteenth thousand.   Text   Image   PDF

-coloured, as just described. (Fig. 69.) In the adult females and in the young of both sexes these protuberances are scarcely perceptible; and the naked parts are much less bright coloured, the face being almost black, tinged with blue. In the adult female, however, the nose at certain regular intervals of time becomes tinted with red. In all the cases hitherto given the male is more strongly or brighter coloured than the female, and differs from the young of both sexes. But as with some few

F955    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1882. The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. London: John Murray. 2d ed., fifteenth thousand.   Text   Image   PDF

a glowing scarlet hue; but this colour does not appear until the animal is nearly mature.46 The naked skin of the face differs wonderfully in colour in the various species. It is often brown or flesh-colour, with parts perfectly white, and often as black as that of the most sooty negro. In the Brachyurus the scarlet tint is brighter than that of the most blushing Caucasian damsel. It is sometimes more distinctly orange than in any Mongolian, and in several species it is blue, passing into

F955    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1882. The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. London: John Murray. 2d ed., fifteenth thousand.   Text   Image   PDF

distinct species do not differ nearly so much from each other as do the adults, so it is with the children of the different races of man. Some have even maintained that race-differences cannot be detected in the infantile skull.5 In regard to colour, the new-born negro child is reddish nut-brown, which soon becomes slaty-grey; the black colour being fully developed within a year in the Soudan, but not until three years in Egypt. The eyes of the negro are at first blue, and the hair chesnut-brown

F955    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1882. The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. London: John Murray. 2d ed., fifteenth thousand.   Text   Image   PDF

projecting jaws of the negroes of the West Coast are exceptional types with the inhabitants of Africa. Notwithstanding the foregoing statements, Mr. Reade admits that negroes do not like the colour of our skin; they look on blue eyes with aversion, and they think our noses too long and our lips too thin. He does not think it probable that negroes would ever prefer the most beautiful European woman, on the mere grounds of physical admiration, to a good-looking negress.68 The general truth of the

F955    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1882. The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. London: John Murray. 2d ed., fifteenth thousand.   Text   Image   PDF

the courtship of fowls, 417; on the loves of pigeons, 418; on dyed pigeons, 418; blue dragon pigeons, 446. Tembeta, S. American ornament, 575. Temper, in dogs and horses, inherited, 69. [page] 68

F955    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1882. The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. London: John Murray. 2d ed., fifteenth thousand.   Text   Image   PDF

wings of, 375; assemblies of, 405. Webb, Dr., on the wisdom teeth, 20. Wedderburn, Mr., assembly of black game, 407. Wedgwood, Hensleigh, on the origin of language, 87. Weevils, sexual difference in length of snout in some, 208. Weir, Harrison, on the numerical proportion of the sexes in pigs and rabbits, 247; on the sexes of young pigeons, 247; on the songs of birds, 368; on pigeons, 411; on the dislike of blue pigeons to other coloured varieties, 417; on the desertion of their mates by female

CUL-DAR112.B9-B23    Note:    1882.05.00   I George Darwin am going to try to write down my recollections of my   Text   Image

In those early years after his return from Malvern in 1851 (1849), he used to continue the watercure at home, he erected a douche which was shaped something like a very diminutive church stood close to the well. About noon every day he used to take a douche even in the coldest weather. I remember well one bitter cold day with the snow covering everything waiting about outside until he had finished that he came out almost blue with cold we trotted away at a good brisk pace over the snow to the

CUL-DAR112.B30-B35    Note:    [1883--1887]   Description of my father's ordinary habits during the latter years of his   Text   Image

summer warmed in winter. At quarter past seven he was down then went out took two turns round the sandwalk. By 7.30 he was generally at breakfast I generally breakfasted with him or shortly afterwards. He had a little meal for breakfast, or an egg tea. He was particularly attached to a very old cup, the last remaining one of an old set which had once been blue gold. But as I remember it, the blue was partly worn off blotched to a dirty brown the gold nearly all gone. By quarter to 8 or 8 he was

CUL-DAR200.3.39    Printed:    1883.05.02   'Anniversary address to Royal Society of New South Wales, 2 May 1883' Sydney: 17pp. Offprint.   Text   Image   PDF

As bearing on the interesting theory propounded by the Rev. J. Tenison-Woods, in his paper on the Geology of the Hawkes- bury Sandstone, to which I have alluded, I should like to quote Mr. Darwin's impressions on visiting the remarkable scenes presented to his observation in crossing the Blue Mountains. He says: The first impression, on seeing the correspondence of the horizontal strata on each side of these valleys and great amphitheatrical depressions, is that they have been hollowed out

CUL-DAR242[.48]    Note:    1884   [Emma Darwin's diary for: 1884]   Text   Image

Sunday, 20 April 1884 r knocked up. Monday, 21 April 1884 Tuesday, 22 April 1884 lunched at Mrs Jackson Wednesday, 23 April 1884 tired Thursday, 24 April 1884 Do took blue pill Friday, 25 April 1884 m. m. comf - Saturday, 26 April 1884 deadish Em. T Litches came May 188

CUL-DAR140.3.1--159    Draft:    [1884]   'Reminiscences of My Father's Everyday Life' (partial fair copy)   Text   Image

same taste for early starts. Even if he were going merely for a week the packing had to be begun early in the day before, and the chief part of it he would do himself. He had a favourite ole blue bag like a lawyers in which he kept his warm fur boots [3 words illeg]or and this he generally carried himself. When the time came for starting he suffered real discomfort while waiting for the carriage and he used to complain of the horrid sinking feelings such a start gave him. The discomfort of a

F1281    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1884. The different forms of flowers on plants of the same species. 3d thousand. Preface by Francis Darwin. London: John Murray.   Text   Image   PDF

shall presently return. Differently from what occurs in L. grandiflorum, the long-styled flowers have stamens hardly more than half the length of those in the short-styled. The size of the pollen-grains is rather variable; after some doubt, I have come to the conclusion that there is no uniform difference between the grains in the two forms. The long stamens in the short-styled form project to some height above the corolla, and their filaments are coloured blue apparently from exposure to the

CUL-DAR242[.49]    Note:    1885   [Emma Darwin's diary for: 1885]   Text   Image

Sunday, 5 April 1885 April 5 well Monday, 6 April 1885 6 tired Tuesday, 7 April 1885 7 quite well 9 M. Shaen came Wednesday, 8 April 1885 8 began to feel unwell M. Shaen went blue pill Thursday, 9 April 1885 April 9 well – cold stormy day — feverish night Friday, 10 April 1885 10 came down in evg - Saturday, 11 April 1885 Sophy came April 188

A254    Book:     Allen, Grant. 1885. Charles Darwin. New York: D. Appleton.   Text   Image

probably begin by being black, and white, and blue, and green, like most other birds and lizards in the world generally. But the insect would have ample warning of the near approach of such conspicuous self-advertising enemies, and would avoid them accordingly whenever they appeared within range of his limited vision, either by lying close, or by shamming death, or by retreating precipitately to holes and crannies. Therefore, whatever individual birds or lizards happened to vary most in the direction

CUL-DAR242[.50]    Note:    1886   [Emma Darwin's diary for: 1886]   Text   Image

Sunday, 14 February 1886 Monday, 15 February 1886 rheumatism Blue pill Tuesday, 16 February 1886 Pretty well Mrs Newall called Wednesday, 17 February 1886 Thursday, 18 February 1886 well all these days Friday, 19 February 1886 Saturday, 20 February 1886 February 188

CUL-DAR242[.51]    Note:    1887   [Emma Darwin's diary for: 1887]   Text   Image

Sunday, 20 March 1887  !! Monday, 21 March 1887 Wm went Storm. Bad wind changed went out Tuesday, 22 March 1887 v. poorly w stom Wednesday, 23 March 1887 better went out – blue pill Thursday, 24 March 1887 v. uncomf Hen. came Friday, 25 March 1887 m. better blue pill Saturday, 26 March 1887 !! Hen went Leos came March 188

CUL-DAR242[.51]    Note:    1887   [Emma Darwin's diary for: 1887]   Text   Image

Sunday, 24 April 1887 Monday, 25 April 1887 B. Bernard to K. Sq Tuesday, 26 April 1887 Wednesday, 27 April 1887 blue pill Thursday, 28 April 1887 !! boys picnic well Friday, 29 April 1887 Bessy home well Saturday, 30 April 1887 well Leos - May 188

CUL-DAR242[.51]    Note:    1887   [Emma Darwin's diary for: 1887]   Text   Image

Sunday, 11 September 1887 Monday, 12 September 1887 Alice B. C. called Tuesday, 13 September 1887 poorly Wednesday, 14 September 1887 Lily Shaen Blue pill Thursday, 15 September 1887 Friday, 16 September 1887 Do- Saturday, 17 September 1887 increased Quinine September 188

A75    Book:     Bettany, G. T. 1887. Life of Charles Darwin. London: Walter Scott.   Text   Image

clouds were piled up against a dark blue sky, and across them black, ragged sheets of vapour were rapidly driven. The successive mountain ranges appeared like dim shadows; and the setting sun cast on the woodland a yellow gleam, much like that produced by the flame of spirits of wine on a man's countenance. The water was white with the flying spray; and the wind lulled and roared again through the rigging. It was a most ominous, sublime scene. While near Tres Montes the year 1835 was ushered

A75    Book:     Bettany, G. T. 1887. Life of Charles Darwin. London: Walter Scott.   Text   Image

, writing from East Falkland Island, he says, The whole of the east coast of the southern part of South America has been elevated from the ocean since a period during which mussels have not lost their blue colour. Describing is examination of the central peaks of the Andes in Chili, he says, April 18, 1835, I cannot tell you how much I enjoyed some of these views; it is worth coming from England, once to feel such intense delight. At an elevation of from ten to twelve thousand feet, there is a