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Esq 11 Lyndhurst Villas Lyndhurst Rd Peckham. Harrison William Weir (1824-1906), painter, illustrator and pigeon breeder, his 1857 address. His surviving letters to Darwin (1868-1871) give 9 Lyndhurst Road. Westwood J. O. St. Peters Hannover St. John Obadiah periodical=" target="_blank">Westwood (1805-1893), entomologist and palaeographer. See The Complete Library of Charles Darwin. W. Closet Regulators from Bolton Son. Cranford st. Clerkenwell W. closet = water closet. It is not known that Down

F1583    Book:     Stauffer, R. C. ed. 1975. Charles Darwin's Natural Selection; being the second part of his big species book written from 1856 to 1858. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.   Text   Image   PDF

, Latimer, Brown, Milton and Bacon. ? 3rd ed. London, 1829.] v, 54. Taylor, Samuel. 'The Thick and Thin Sowing Discussion.' Gdnrs. Chron., 1857, 178-9. VI, 26 f. Teesdale, Robert. 'A Supplement to the Plantae Eboracenses printed in the second volume of these Transactions.' Linn. Soc. Land. Trans., 5 (1800) 36-95. IV, 67. Tegetmeier, William Bernard. The Poultry Book: including Pigeons and Rabbits (by Harrison Weir), (London, 1856-7). IX, 80, 136. Temminck, Coenraad Jacob. Coup d'oeil g n ral sur

F877.1    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1868. The variation of animals and plants under domestication. London: John Murray. 1st ed., first issue. vol. 1.   Text   Image   PDF

distend their crops to a much greater size than do the females; I have, however, seen a hen in the possession of Mr. Evans which pouted excellently; but this is an unusual circumstance. Mr. Harrison Weir, a successful breeder of prize 30 'Die Staarhälsige Taube, Das Ganze, c.,' s. 21, tab. i. fig. 4. 31 'A Treatise on the Almond Tumbler,' by J. M. Eaton, 1852, p. 8, et passim. VOL. I. M [page] 16

F914.1    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1868. Das Variiren der Thiere und Pflanzen im Zustande der Domestication. Stuttgart: Schweizerbart. vol. 1.   Text   Image   PDF

mit, dass unter 20 Barb-Tauben in P. H. Jones' Besitz meist die Männchen die grössten Augenwarzen hatten. Auch Mr. Esquilant  glaubt an dieses Gesetz, während Mr. H. Weir,  ein Kenner ersten Ranges, die Sache noch etwas bezweifelt. Männliche Kröpfer dehnen ihre Kröpfe zu einer viel bedeutenderen Grösse aus, als die Weibchen. Doch habe ich einen weiblichen Vogel im Besitz von Mr. Evans  gesehen, der ausgezeichnet kröpfte; doch ist dies ein ungewöhnlicher Umstand. Mr. Harrison Weir, ein

F914.1    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1868. Das Variiren der Thiere und Pflanzen im Zustande der Domestication. Stuttgart: Schweizerbart. vol. 1.   Text   Image   PDF

liberalsten Weise unterstützt. Mr. Haynes und Mr. Corker gaben mir Exemplare ihrer prächtigen Botentauben. Ebenso hat mich Mr. Harrison Weir verpflichtet. Auch kann ich die Hülfe nicht übergehen, welche mir Mr. J. M. Eaton, Mr. Baker, Mr. Evans  und Mr. Bai ly  jun., von Mountstreet, gewährten; dem letztgenannten bin ich für einige werthvolle Exemplare verpflichtet. Allen diesen Herren erlaube ich mir meinen aufrichtigsten und herzlichsten Dank zu sagen. 3  Les Pigeons de Voliere et de Colombier

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

broad, in the proportion of 6 to 4 to that of the rock-pigeon. The whole head is broad. The skin round the nostrils is swollen, but not carunculated, except slightly in first-rate birds when old; whilst the naked skin round the eye is broad and much carunculated. It is sometimes so much developed, that a bird belonging to Mr. Harrison Weir could hardly see to pick up food from the ground. The eyelids in one specimen were nearly twice as long as those of the rock-pigeon. The feet are coarse and

F877.1    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1868. The variation of animals and plants under domestication. London: John Murray. 1st ed., first issue. vol. 1.   Text   Image   PDF

. From the outward flexure of the rami of the lower jaw, the mouth internally is very broad, in the proportion of .6 to .4 to that of the rock-pigeon. The whole head is broad. The skin over the nostrils is swollen, but not carunculated, except slightly in first-rate birds when old; whilst the naked skin round the eye is broad and much carunculated. It is sometimes so much developed, that a bird belonging to Mr. Harrison Weir could hardly see to pick up food from the ground. The eyelids in one

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

thicker. From the outward flexure of the rami of the lower jaw, the mouth internally is very broad, in the proportion of 6 to 4 to that of the rock-pigeon. The whole head is broad. The skin over the nostrils is swollen, but not carunculated, except slightly in first-rate birds when old; whilst the naked skin round the eye is broad and much carunculated. It is sometimes so much developed, that a bird belonging to Mr. Harrison Weir could hardly see to pick up food from the ground. The eyelids in

F912.1    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1868. De la variation des animaux et des plantes sous l'action de la domestication. Translated by J. J. Moulinié. Preface by Carl Vogt. Paris: C. Reinwald. vol. 1.   Text   Image   PDF

branches de la mâchoire inférieure, la bouche est intérieurement très-élargie, dans le rapport de 0,6 à 0,4, comparée à celle du Bizet. La tête est large. La peau des narines est turgescente, et ne devient que légèrement caronculeuse sur les oiseaux âgés : celle qui entoure les yeux l'est par contre fortement, et très-élargie. Elle se développe parfois à un degré tel qu'un oiseau appartenant à M. Harrison Weir ne pouvait qu'avec peine apercevoir sa nourriture par terre. Dans un autre individu

F937.2    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1871. The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. London: John Murray. vol. 2.   Text   Image   PDF

repousser avec une esp ce de rage des caresses devenues trop pressantes. 22 On the other hand, Mr. Harrison Weir has himself observed, and has heard from several breeders, that a female pigeon will occasionally take a strong fancy for a particular male, and will desert her own mate for him. Some females, according to another experienced observer, Riedel,23 are of a profligate disposition, and prefer almost any stranger to their own mate. Some amorous males, called by our English fanciers gay birds

F1065.1    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1871. Die Abstammung des Menschen und die geschlechtliche Zuchtwahl. Translated by J. V. Carus. 2 vols. Stuttgart: Schweizerbart. Volume 1.   Text   Image   PDF

« --. Auf der andern Seite hat Mr. Harrison Weir selbst beobachtet und von mehreren Züchtern gehört, dass eine weibliche Taube gelegentlich eine starke Liebhaberei für ein besonderes Männchen erhielt und ihren eigenen Gatten seinetwegen ver-liess. Einige Weibchen sind der Angabe eines anderen erfahrenen Beobachters, Biedel, zufolge'23, von einer liederlichen Disposition und ziehen fast jedes fremde Männchen ihrem eigenen Gatten vor. Manche verliebte Männchen, welche unsere englischen Züchter heitere

F937.2    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1871. The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. London: John Murray. vol. 2.   Text   Image   PDF

pugnacious disposition, as the same writer informs me, dislike strange males, and will not yield until well beaten into compliance. Ferguson, however, describes how a quarrelsome hen was subdued by the gentle courtship of a Shanghai cock.20 There is reason to believe that pigeons of both sexes prefer pairing with birds of the same breed; and dove-cot-pigeons dislike all the highly improved breeds.21 Mr. Harrison Weir has lately heard from a trustworthy observer, who keeps blue pigeons, that these drive

F937.2    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1871. The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. London: John Murray. vol. 2.   Text   Image   PDF

; assemblies of, ii. 101. WEBB, Dr., on the wisdom teeth, i. 25. WEDGWOOD, Hensleigh, on the origin of language, i. 56. WEEVILS, sexual difference in length of snout in some, i. 255. WEIR, Harrison, on the numerical proportion of the sexes in pigs and rabbits, i. 305; on the sexes of young pigeons, i. 306; on the songs of birds, ii. 52; on pigeons, ii. 109; on the dislike of blue pigeons to other coloured varieties, ii. 118; on the desertion of their mates by female pigeons, ii. 119. WEIR, J. Jenner, on

F1065.1    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1871. Die Abstammung des Menschen und die geschlechtliche Zuchtwahl. Translated by J. V. Carus. 2 vols. Stuttgart: Schweizerbart. Volume 1.   Text   Image   PDF

Bewerbungen eines Shanghai-Hahnes gezähmt wurde 20. Wir haben Grund anzunehmen, dass Tauben beiderlei Geschlechts eine Paarung mit Vögeln derselben Kasse vorziehen; und Haustauben hassen alle die hochveredelten Kassen21. Mr. Harrison Weir hat vor Kurzem von einem glaubwürdigen Beobachter, welcher blaue Tauben hielt, gehört, dass diese alle anders gefärbten Varietäten, wie weisse, rothe und gelbe wegtreiben, und von einem andern Beobachter, dass eine weibliche graubraune Botentanbe nach wiederholten

F1065.1    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1871. Die Abstammung des Menschen und die geschlechtliche Zuchtwahl. Translated by J. V. Carus. 2 vols. Stuttgart: Schweizerbart. Volume 1.   Text   Image   PDF

Cap. 8. Zahlcnverbältnissc der Geschlechter. 271 In Bezug auf Rinder habe ich Zahlenangaben von neun Herren erhalten, zusammen 982 Geburten betragend, also zu wenig, um zuverlässige Grundlagen zu gehen. Es waren 47 7 Stierkälber und 505 Kuhkälber geboren, also in dem Verhältniss von 94,4 männlichen auf 100 weibliche. Der Eev. W. D. Fox theilt mir mit, dass unter 34 im Jahre 1867 auf einer Farm in Derbyshire geborenen Kälbern nur ein einziges Stierkalb sich fand. Mr. Harrison Weir schreibt mir

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(8 consisted of 280 bull-calves 294 cow-calves; i.e. as 95.2 to 100. The Revd. W. D. Fox informs me that in 1867 out of 34 calves born on a farm in Derbyshire only one was a bull. Mr. Harrison Weir writes to me that he has inquired from several breeders of Pigs, most of them estimate the males to the females birth as about 7 to 6. This same gentleman has bred Rabbits for many years, has noticed that a far greater number of bucks are produced than does. Mr F. Buckland believes that this is the

F944    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1874. The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. 2d ed. 10 thousand. London: John Murray.   Text   Image   PDF

,' 1833, p. 475. 28 'Naturgeschichte der Stubenv gel,' 1840, s. 4. Mr. Harrison Weir likewise writes to me: I am informed that the best singing males generally get a mate first, when they are bred in the same room. [page] 36

F944    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1874. The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. 2d ed. 10 thousand. London: John Murray.   Text   Image   PDF

pour repousser avec une esp ce de rage des caresses devenues trop pressantes. 23 On the other hand, Mr. Harrison Weir has himself observed, and has heard from several breeders, that a female pigeon will occasionally take a strong fancy for a particular male, and will desert her own mate for him. Some females, according to another experienced observer, Riedel, 24 are of a profligate disposition, and prefer almost any stranger to their own mate. Some amorous males, called by our English fanciers gay

F944    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1874. The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. 2d ed. 10 thousand. London: John Murray.   Text   Image   PDF

hens of a pugnacious disposition, as the same writer informs me, dislike strange males, and will not yield until well beaten into compliance. Ferguson, however, describes how a quarrelsome hen was subdued by the gentle courtship of a Shanghai cock.21 There is reason to believe that pigeons of both sexes prefer pairing with birds of the same breed; and dovecot-pigeons dislike all the highly improved breeds.22 Mr. Harrison Weir has lately heard from a trustworthy observer, who keeps blue pigeons

F1050.1    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1874. Menneskets Afstamning og Parringsvalget. Translated by J. P. Jacobsen. Copenhagen: Gyldendal. Volume 1.   Text   Image   PDF

Hankj nnet for 100 af Hunkj nnet. Hr. W. D. Fox meddeler mig, at af 34 Kalve, der i 1867 kom til Verden paa en Gaard i Derbyshire, var kun en af Hankj nnet. Hr. Harrison Weir tilskriver mig, at han har spurgt sig for hos forskjellige Folk, der opdr ttede Svin, og de fleste af dem mente, at der f dtes omtrent 7 Orner for 6 S er. Samme Hr. Weir har i mange Aar holdt Kaniner og lagt M rke til, at der f des langt flere Hanner end Hunner. Om Pattedyr i vild Tilstand er det kun lykkedes mig at faa

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-Liebhavere s tte deres Fugle imod hinanden for at se, hvilke der 1) »Ornithological Dictionary«, 1833, S. 475. 2) Naturgeschichte der Stubenyogel«, 1840, S. 4. Hr. Harrison Weir skriver ligeledes til mig: — »Man har meddelt mig, at de bedst syngende Hanner i Almindelighed faa en Mage f rst, naar der holdes flere i det samme V relse.« 3) »PhiiosophicalTransactions«, 1773, S. 263- White: »Natural History Qf Selborne«, Vol. I, 1825, S. 246. 4* [page] 5

F1050.2    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1875. Menneskets Afstamning og Parringsvalget. Translated by J. P. Jacobsen. Copenhagen: Gyldendal. Volume 2.   Text   Image   PDF

rgaaende.« :). Paa den anden Side har Hr. Harrison Weir selv iagttaget, og har ogsaa h rt det fra forskjellige Due-Opdr ttere, at Duehunner nu og da fatte en st rk Kj rlighed til en bestemt Han og forlade deres egen Han for ham.' If lge en anden erfaren Iagttager, Riedel2), er der nogle Hunner, der ere meget lette paa Traaden, og som foretr kke n sten en hvilken-somhelst fremmed Han for deres egen Mage. Nogle for-liebte Hanner, som vore engelske Dueliebhavere kalde for »muntre Fugle« (gay birds), ere

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

breed four times yearly, and to produce each time at most six young; the tame rabbit breeds six or seven times yearly, producing each time from four to eleven young; and Mr. Harrison Weir tells me of a case of eighteen young having been produced at a birth, all of which survived. The ferret, though generally so closely confined, is more prolific than its supposed wild prototype. The wild sow is remarkably prolific; she often breeds twice in the year, and bears from four to eight and sometimes

F1050.2    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1875. Menneskets Afstamning og Parringsvalget. Translated by J. P. Jacobsen. Copenhagen: Gyldendal. Volume 2.   Text   Image   PDF

, og dog, det har jeg har h rt af Hr. Harrison Weir, dersom man adskiller et Par, der ellers naturligt vilde vedblive at v re magede for Livstid, i nogle faa Vinteruger og parrer dem med andre Fugle, ville de To, naar de blive bragt sammen igjen, sjeldent eller aldrig gjenkjende hinanden. Fugle vise sig undertiden i Besiddelse af velvillige F lelser; de*opf de Unger, der ere forladte af deres For ldre, selv om de tilh re andre Arter, men dette burde maaske betragtes som fejlende Instinkt. Det h

F1066.2    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1875. Die Abstammung des Menschen und die geschlechtliche Zuchtwahl. Translated by J. V. Carus. 2 vols. 3d ed. Stuttgart: Schweizerbart. Volume 2   Text   Image   PDF

. Wedgwood, Hensleigh, über den Ur- sprung der Sprache I, 112. Weibchen, Vorkommen rudimentärer mannlicher Organe bei —, 1, 212; Vorliebe für gewisse Manne] Benehmen der — wahrend der Wer- bung I, 290; von Mannchen verfolgt Vorkommen seeundärer Sexual- charactere 1, 295; Entwickelnng mann- licher Charactcre 1, 297. Weibchen und Männchen, Zahlen- verl.äh;. 181; Sterblichkeit der Jungen 1, 283. Weiblic he Vögel, Verschiedenheiten Iben II, 179. Weir, Harrison, über Zahlenverhältnisse der Geschlechter