RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1868]. 'Vol I p. 291 Again Mr Jenner Weir informs me that a peacock at Blackheath'. CUL-DAR195.1.20. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Kees Rookmaaker, corrected and edited by John van Wyhe 11.2010. RN1
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-DAR195 contains materials for Darwin's book Expression of the emotions (1872) organised roughly as: DAR195.1 blushing. DAR195.2 astonishment, fear. DAR195.3 indignation, rage, screaming, etc. DAR195.4 laughter, frowning, introduction.
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[Variation] Vol I p. 291 Again Mr J. Jenner Weir informs me that a peacock at Blackheath, of which both parents belonged to the common variety, whilst young was white, but as it became older it assumed the character of the black shouldered variety: both its patents were common peacocks. Hence we have six distinct cases &c &c
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This was among the corrections and additions to Variation sent by Darwin to Asa Gray and appeared in the list of corrections in the American edition of Variation 1: ii and later in Variation 2d ed., 1: 306.
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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