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but also South Africa and the Falkland Islands. Address used in 1840s. R. Etheridge Esq. Bristol Institution Robert Etheridge (1819-1903), geologist and palaeontologist. No known letters with Darwin. Elliot Walter Esq. Madras, promised pigeons. Walter Elliot (1803-1887), a member of the council of the governor of Madras; sent Darwin skins of domestic from India and Burma. Edmonstone Dr. Law.  Balta Sound Shetland Laurence Edmondston, naturalist from Baltasound, Unst, Shetland Islands; sent

F3601    Book contribution:     Darwin, C. R. 1967. [Letter to Walter Elliot, 12 December 1858]. Sotheby's. Valuable printed books fine bindings autograph letters and historical documents. 23rd October 1967.   Text

The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online [page] 237 DARWIN (CHARLES) Two A.Ls.s., 8 pages, 8vo, Down, Bromley, Kent, 23 January, 1856-12 December, [c. 1857], to Sir Walter Elliot at Madras: written during the period that Darwin was gathering material for the Origin of Species and asking his correspondent's assistance in procuring skins of domestic pigeons and poultry from India, asking for information about tigers (their different proportions), about the stripes which sometimes occur on

F878.1    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1868. The variation of animals and plants under domestication. London: John Murray. 1st ed., second issue. vol. 1.   Text   Image   PDF

boar never exceeds 36 inches in height, whilst in Bengal one has been measured 44 inches in height. In Europe, Northern Africa, and Hindostan, domestic pigs have been known to cross with the wild native species;3 and in Hindostan an accurate observer,4 Sir Walter Elliot, after describing the differences between wild Indian and wild German boars, remarks that the same differences are perceptible in the domesticated 2 Nathusius, 'Die Racen des Schweines,' Berlin, 1860. An excellent appendix is

F879.1    Book:     Darwin, C. R. [1868]. The variation of animals and plants under domestication. With a preface by Asa Gray. New York: Orange Judd and Co. vol. 1.   Text   Image   PDF

fically distinct. Even within Hindostan these animals, according to Mr. Blyth, form very distinct races in the different districts; in the N. Western provinces, as I am informed by the Rev. R. Everest, the boar never exceeds 36 inches in height, whilst in Bengal one has been measured 44 inches in height. In Europe, Northern Africa, and Hindostan, domestic pigs have been known to cross with the wild native species;3 and in Hindostan an accurate observer,4 Sir Walter Elliot, after describing the

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cocks to fight with their domestic game-birds.22 Sir Walter Elliot informs me that the hen of a native domestic breed of Pegu is undistinguishable from the hen of the wild G. bankiva; and the natives constantly catch wild cocks by taking tame cocks to fight with them in the woods.23 Mr. Crawfurd remarks that from etymology it might be argued that the fowl was first domesticated by the Malays and Javanese.24 It is also a curious fact, of which I have been assured by Mr. Blyth, that wild

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cocks to fight with their domestic game-birds.22 Sir Walter Elliot informs me that the hen of a native domestic breed of Pegu is undistinguishable from the hen of the wild G. bankiva; and the natives constantly catch wild cocks by taking tame cocks to fight with them in the woods.23 Mr. Crawfurd remarks that from etymology it might be argued that the fowl was first domesticated by the Malays and Javanese.24 It is also a curious fact, of which I have been assured by Mr. Blyth, that wild

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difficulty in keeping G. bankiva in confinement. In the Philippine Islands, however, the natives must succeed better, as they keep wild cocks to fight with their domestic game-birds.22 Sir Walter Elliot informs me that the hen of a native domestic breed of Pegu is undistinguishable from the hen of the wild G. bankiva; and the natives constantly catch wild cocks by taking tame cocks to fight with them in the woods.23 Mr. Crawfurd remarks that from etymology it might be argued that the fowl was first

F1954    Periodical contribution:     Darwin, C. R. et al. 1874. Memorial presented to the First Lord of the Treasury [W. E. Gladstone], respecting the National Herbaria. In Spencer Compton Cavendish, Fourth report of the Royal Commission on the scientific instruction and the advancement of science. Parliamentary Papers, Command Papers; Reports of Commissioners, paper number (884), vol. XXII.1: 31-2.   Text   Image   PDF

. Broome, M.A., F.L.S. Leonard Blomefield, M.A., F.L.S. J. T. Boswell Syme, LL.D., F.L.S. Hugh Cleghorn, M.D., F.L.S. Clements Markham, C.B., F.L.S. R. C. A. Prior, M.D., F.L.S. Edward J. Waring, M.D., F.L.S. George C. M. Birdwood, M.D. Walter Elliot, K.C.S.I., F.L.S. J. Forbes Watson, M.A., M.D., F.L.S. Richard Strachey, Maj-Gen., C.S.I., F.R.S. E. W. Cooke, R.A., F.R.S., F.L.S. Robert Braithwaite, M.D., F.L.S. William Mitten, A.L.S. W. Allport Leighton, B.A., F.L.S. William Phillips. John Goucher, F

F880.1    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1875. The variation of animals and plants under domestication. London: John Murray. 2d ed. vol. 1.   Text   Image   PDF

the magnificent 1 The Hon. C. Murray has sent me some very valuable specimens from Persia; and H.M. Consul, Mr. Keith Abbott, has given me information on the pigeons of the same country. I am deeply indebted to Sir Walter Elliot for an immense collection of skins from Madras, with much information regarding them. Mr. Blyth has freely communicated to me his stores of knowledge on this and all other related subjects. The Rajah Sir James Brooke sent me specimens from Borneo, as has H.M. Consul, Mr