RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Ch 4 / I have seen a Kitty wren nest. CUL-DAR205.11.57. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 12.2022. 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-DAR205.11 contains notes on Instinct, change in habit.
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Ch 4
I have seen a Kitty wren nest (I believe a "Cock-Nest") from eggs having been laid under fence built in ditch in forked Hawthorn Hedge, about 2 ft from ground, entirely composed of old withered leaves, bound by dead p stalks (& lined with green moss) so as to resemble surrounding objects.
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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