A179    Book:     Ward, Henshaw. 1927. Charles Darwin: The man and his warfare. London: John Murray.   Text   Image

perpetual endeavour of the creatures to supply the want of food, and to have been delivered to their posterity, with constant improvement of them for the purpose required. 372. Swiftness of wing has been acquired by hawks and swallows, to pursue their prey; and a proboscis, of admirable structure, has been acquired by the bee, the moth, and the humming-bird, for the purpose of plundering the nectaries of flowers. All which seem to have been formed by the original living filament, excited into action by

F1571    Book:     Barlow, Nora ed. 1945. Charles Darwin and the voyage of the Beagle. London: Pilot Press.   Text   Image   PDF

space; side-scales blackish brown, rather more broadly edged with yellow Belly pale ash colour legs and head do. with few black spots killed by blow of hammer. Young one protruded soon died. Snake, sandy plain. Chagrino, color primrose yellow with broad jet black bands which contain bright scarlet red square marks; belly black except beyond tail where rings of black and scarlet are continued all round Scarlet brightest near head young one White tailed Callandra: white tail humming bird, little

F1571    Book:     Barlow, Nora ed. 1945. Charles Darwin and the voyage of the Beagle. London: Pilot Press.   Text   Image   PDF

Many P. St. Julian Finch and Dinca [?] Tineo and saw Tapacola [June] 4th 6th. Magnificent spectacle of clouds horizon perfectly true. Rode down to the Port, miserable rocky desert little hole Contradança, map and attlas the most learned Limerian lady. Kiss of Londres1 Carranche Tauca, Loyca, Chingola, Furnaria, little grey bird of mountains Blue finch with white bit in tail no Chingola white tailed Callandra. Hear of Fossil wood on other side of Cordilleras Patagonia a garden compared to these

F167c    Book:     Keynes, Richard Darwin ed. 1979. The Beagle record. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.   Text   Image   PDF

25o                          1835 chiloe                                c.d./r.f. close at hand; the little wren occasionally adds its cry; the creeper follows the intruder, screaming and twittering; the humming-bird may be seen every now and then darting from side to side, and emitting, like an insect, its shrill chirp; lastly, from the top of some lofty tree, the indistinct but plaintive note of the white-tufted tyrant-flycatcher may be noticed. From the great preponderance in most countries

F3275    Book:     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.   Text   Image   PDF

female more beautiful gorget than male 75 » do 120 more than 20 males to 1 female - male very gorgeous.- ss 49 Males Shafts of feathers expanded in male 7 5-32w Humming birds very num. confined ranges 35- 8 30-36m 9 20-28m, 31-32m 14 37-45m 15 xot Bates Butterflies when underside displayed this is beautiful 2- 2m\m , 24-29m/24u*/25u pierce I bases '/28u Bourcier\bird 17 21-25m 18 l-10m/5u beards , 14-19m, 19-23m, 30u blue ear- tufts , 33u bearded , 43-46m/44u undertail- coverts , 49-50m/50u from

A161    Periodical contribution:     Steinheimer, F. D. 2004. Charles Darwin's bird collection and ornithological knowledge during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, 1831-1836. Journal of Ornithology 145(4): 300-320, 4 figures (appendix [pp. 1-40]).   Text   Image   PDF

); dove (for Columba, Zenaidura, Columbina, Nesopelia, Metriopelia); pigeon (for Columba). – PSITTACIDAE: Psittacus (for Cyanoliseus, Myiopsitta). – CUCULIDAE: small flocks, very noisy chattering bird (for Guira). – TYTONIDAE: owl (for Tyto). – STRIGIDAE: owl (for Speotyto, Strix, Asio). – CAPRIMULGIDAE: Caprimulgus (for Caprimulgus). – APODIDAE: swallow [in errore] (for Apus). – TROCHILIDAE: Trochilus (for Chlorostilbon, Patagona, Sephanoides); humming bird (for Patagona). – ALCEDINIDAE: Alcedo (for