RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1845.06. [Note on Apterix]. CUL-DAR205.1.40. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 8.2021. 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-DAR205.1 contains notes on rudimentary organs.
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June 1845 Lyell says. Apterix (nor Dinornis (?) no Keel to Breast-bone.‒ Male of all quadrupeds has an approach to it. — Penguin has no proper Keel, but grisly cartilage, acting like a keel, between Muscles.
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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