RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1860.01.27. Gould remarked to me how strange it was that swallows were so abundant. CUL-DAR205.2.187. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 5.2022. 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-DAR205.2 contains notes on means of distribution.

The brown crayon number '18' indicates that this document was filed by Darwin in his portfolio for the subject of Migration.

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Gould remarked to me how strange it was that swallows were so abundant in Australia & not one in N. Zealand— & not one Crow in N. Zealand, though they range to S of Tasmania.— How exactly parallel to Hookers Plants.— If N. Zealand has ever been connected with other land it has been northward, as shown by migration of Cuculus Taitensis Jan 27 /60/

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