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F1817
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Barrett, Paul H., Gautrey, Peter J., Herbert, Sandra, Kohn, David, Smith, Sydney eds. 1987. Charles Darwin's notebooks, 1836-1844: Geology, transmutation of species, metaphysical enquiries. British Museum (Natural History); Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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FRONT COVER Expression N NOTEBOOK N FC−2 INSIDE FRONT COVER What are sexual difference in monkeys.— Charles Darwin [Private.]CD (Metaphysics Expression) Selected «for Species Theory» Dec. 16 1856 Looked through all other Books May 1873— 1 October 2d . . 1838 Essays on Natural History Waterton describes. pheasant springing from nest leaving no tracks.—1 My Father says pea-hens do Wood pidgeons building near houses. yet so shy at all other times.— Birth Hill shows it is evergreens they seek2
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F1817
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Barrett, Paul H., Gautrey, Peter J., Herbert, Sandra, Kohn, David, Smith, Sydney eds. 1987. Charles Darwin's notebooks, 1836-1844: Geology, transmutation of species, metaphysical enquiries. British Museum (Natural History); Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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pellet, ejected. done Examine pollen of such flowers as do not seed or seed rarely— Magnolias. «Azaleas» plants grown under unfavourable circumstances, as Hyacinths in glasses c c 6 Experiments Questions concerning Plants Is the common Fig Dioecious— are its female flowers always barren— if not how does impregnation take place male female flower in same receptacle Make Duck eat Spawn, eggs of snail, row of fish kill them in hour or two «My Father made hens cast Holly-seed they grew» Place. Snap
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F1817
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Barrett, Paul H., Gautrey, Peter J., Herbert, Sandra, Kohn, David, Smith, Sydney eds. 1987. Charles Darwin's notebooks, 1836-1844: Geology, transmutation of species, metaphysical enquiries. British Museum (Natural History); Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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153 If an animal breeds young her growth is immediately checked— the vis formativa goes entirely to the offspring— this is clearly the converse of annual being rendered biennial—l the hardness of life in female Moth c Mr Y. says that Macleay considers the house bug, as a female which have larvae which have bred before the vis formativa had completed them— (but this argument is VERY WEAK without knowing whether if kept they would have wings.—).— Seep p. 84.3 Hens «like»— Cocks from effect of
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F1925
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Keynes, Richard Darwin ed. 1988. Charles Darwin's Beagle Diary. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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aspect. 12th To day I walked much further within the country; but all to no use; every feature in the landscape remains the same. I found an Ostriches nest which contained 27 eggs. Each egg equals in weight 11 of a common hens; so that the quantity of food in this nest was actually the same as 297 hens eggs. We had some difficulty in getting on board; as there was a very fresh breeze right in our teeth. 13th, Sunday 14th, 15th On Sunday the Schooners came down from the creek anchored alongside
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F3275
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Gregorio, Mario A. -Di, ed. 1990. Charles Darwin's marginalia, vol. 1. Edited by Mario A. Di Gregorio, with the assistance of N.W. Gill. New York; London: Garland.
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^ 100. 124 Spur often present in Hens of Game.- ( savage) 100 Colours differ in cocks of several sub-breeds of Game; more than Hens. X^ but p. 131 Hens (p.102) also differ much 193 131 Cuckoo Game X ^ 103 131 A Game sub-breed with Cocks Hens alike 111. 139. Comb a fearful vantage to foe. curious like» injury for Beauty sake! 116 Pencilled Hamburghs *«= described by Aldovrandi - X1^ Cocks not pencilled. 119* 150 non-sitters 123 Spangled Hamburgh - » p155 2 sub breeds undergl to Pheasants 123* 124
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F3275
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Gregorio, Mario A. -Di, ed. 1990. Charles Darwin's marginalia, vol. 1. Edited by Mario A. Di Gregorio, with the assistance of N.W. Gill. New York; London: Garland.
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deal of remarks on Polish Spangled Cock Hen; Cocks Hens almost always different Spangling v. wild Hen which is I think barred (e»; ♦/ ) Cuckoo Poland; Cocks Hens almost always different from part Spangling barring plannedO in Hens SB2 317; 320; 333; 342 (äj; *e ) Always put after Page names of Breeds (Shangae) (Game) c; connect perhaps * by dots (See p. 27); Clean well the pencil marks.-; Keep Book Clean.; Write smallish on one side, number your pages. (over) ♦ a - ^ Mr Norman put in name at top
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F3275
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Gregorio, Mario A. -Di, ed. 1990. Charles Darwin's marginalia, vol. 1. Edited by Mario A. Di Gregorio, with the assistance of N.W. Gill. New York; London: Garland.
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vary in Turkey - Q 316 number of eggs in Tame Turkey 335 Range of wild Fowls - Acosta only authority for American Origin 337 Fowl has 14 Caudals 339 Breed of Hens with Spurs, good layers p.410 355,6 In Capons, Tail Comb continue growing. They • castrate Hens. NB Great variability of Comb, in Spurs, variation of Secondary Male Characters 400 Cocks have not enlarged skull in Polands, only Hens! 406 Frizzled Cock with split Feathers Spurs various; Hens have sometimes. N.B. Ld Spencer has shown how
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F3275
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Gregorio, Mario A. -Di, ed. 1990. Charles Darwin's marginalia, vol. 1. Edited by Mario A. Di Gregorio, with the assistance of N.W. Gill. New York; London: Garland.
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, hy, ig, oo, phy, sp, sx, sy, t, tm, v NB p1 to 21 Rest Nothing SB 11 Crested Fowl either wattles or beard, parent no beard easily killed by Hawks: cannot see them for tuft can hardly see to eat)Q 12 Breed without Middle long tail feathers NQ/fo 17 Black-boned degenerate in Germany Qa 20 Hens with spurs NQ 4 wb How many eggs has wild F.? 6 27-28« vierzehn /w 14 tail feathers 9 wb (14 kinds with subdivisions) 11 wb The tufted fowls prevent fowls from seeing food will grow them, be easily killed
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F3275
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Gregorio, Mario A. -Di, ed. 1990. Charles Darwin's marginalia, vol. 1. Edited by Mario A. Di Gregorio, with the assistance of N.W. Gill. New York; London: Garland.
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treatise on breeding poultry, pigeons and rabbits 7th edn; London; 1834 [CUL] beh, br, f, he, no, wd NF1 Recommended by Mr Brent NF2 p. 147 NB1 Hens, Domestic Hints p70 NB2 p13; 17 to 24; 30; 54; 87; 106; 130; 133; 152; 154; 156; 165; 168; 176; 185; 203 SB Oß 13 Game Chickens very pugnacious. Q Eggs very thin. Ch 6 Q 30 Some Hens much addicted to lay eggs in other nests 54 tapping on board with nail induced chicken to peck 107 colour of Ducks eggs going with plumage - Correlation (Memb. B. Ayles Duck
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F3275
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Gregorio, Mario A. -Di, ed. 1990. Charles Darwin's marginalia, vol. 1. Edited by Mario A. Di Gregorio, with the assistance of N.W. Gill. New York; London: Garland.
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416 HÜHNER comb; under other comb. 22-23w very big eggs 27-28w Hens spurs like cocks wb [I suspect all this copied from some Systematics Book] 21 wb See Linnaeus Syst Nat (my copy) vol II p. 737 for good references Bright Pallas Willughby 3-4w 5-toed breed spur divided 65 zb« HUMBOLDT, Alexander von Cosmos 2 vols., trans. E. Sabine; London; Longman, Brown, Green Longmans; 1846 [Down] vol. 1 p HUMBOLDT, Alexander von Essflf géo-gnostique sur le gisement des roches dans les deux hémisphères 2nd
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F3275
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Gregorio, Mario A. -Di, ed. 1990. Charles Darwin's marginalia, vol. 1. Edited by Mario A. Di Gregorio, with the assistance of N.W. Gill. New York; London: Garland.
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-16u utterly incapable I? 19-17m)w Mem. plants gain habits 25-28m/? 240 16-19m/18w Zoophites 41114-38m TEALE, Thomas Pridgin Dangers of health London; J. A. Churchill; 1878 [Down] TEGETMEIER, William Bernhard The poultry book 11 parts; London; Orr Co.; 1856-57 [CUL] cs, he, v, wd, y part 1 NB 0/ part 2 NB 0/ part 3 NB p. 47, p. 48 47 26-27m, 27-28m/Q 48 10-12m, lOu the I quill part 4 NB Cuckoo Cochins; 53; 56 52 31-33m/33u Cuckoo 53 26-28m part 5 65; 66; 72 £o Correlation of Eggs and plumage; e
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characteristics may remain latent he verified by enumerating the effects of castration and diseased gonads, and by noting how old hens come to resemble roosters and how male chicken-pheasant hybrids or castrated cocks may incubate eggs. The same kind of analysis may be found in Darwin's treatment of atavism (i.e., reversion to an ancestral state). He provides many examples of this phenomenon, such as the presence of zebra-like stripes in crosses between the horse and the ass. * Origin, pp. 159-167
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suggested a possible explanation for the fact that where one sex is more conspicuous than the other, it is usually the male. * Variorum, p. 372. (This argument was omitted in the sixth edition). He maintained that the female is exposed to great danger when incubating the eggs, and that, therefore, selection prevents change in the direction of conspicuousness. Wallace supported this hypothesis and argued that although brilliant coloration must have tended to develop equally in both sexes, it became
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