RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract (many references): On big genera varying &c &c. CUL-DAR15.1.B40. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 7.2022. RN2

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR15.1 contains calculations and tables and drafts of part 2 of Darwin's 'big book' Natural Selection F1583.

See the full references in The Complete Library of Charles Darwin.


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On Big Genera Varying &c &c

4to Pamphlet Bunbury on only 2 Acacia at Cape yet concurrent time

Bunbury, Charles James Fox. 1854. Notes on the vegetation of Buenos Ayres and the neighbouring districts. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 21: 185-198. See CUL-DAR75.46.

8vo. Pamph. 85 Adams on range of varieties

Adams, Charles Baker. 1851. Nature and origin of terrestrial Mollusca in Jamaica. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 4: 29-32. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 85] PDF

Eding. New Phil. Journal Nr 55. p 175. on not widest or largest genera which afford the most sporadic species. — on size of genera & range of species

Anon. 1839. On the geographical distribution of insects. [2d notice] Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal 27 (October): 333-351. [CUL-DAR.LIB.PER-U107]

Geolog. Journal 19/227 Higher the forms, more distinctly defined its geological horizon.— Before this some reference showing greater range & duration of acephalous gasteropods, than of higher gasteropods

― 48/313 Exceptions to above rule (see my Index)

Lyell's Manual 3d. Edit 1851 p. 230 on nummulite forming stages of species

Lyell, Charles. 1851. A manual of elementary geology: or, the ancient changes of the Earth and its inhabitants, as illustrated by geological monuments. 3d ed. London: John Murray. PDF

Memoire du Mus. p. 8.  Aug St. Hilaire on wide ranging plants varying

18 Annal des Sc. 3d. Sc. Zoolog. on unequal affinity of species of same genus

29 Wollaston Madeira p. 18 MS. on the wide ranges even in Madeira varying most p. 32. do p. 19 Exception

Wollaston, Thomas Vernon. 1854. Insecta Maderensia: being an account of the insects of the islands of the Madeiran group. London: John Van Voorst. PDF

42. Murchison p. 8. on many individual Brachiopods favouring appearance of new species or forms


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