RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. How beautifully Tinamus & allied genera supply Partridges & Quails. CUL-DAR205.3.104. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 1.2022. 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-DAR205.3 contains notes on distribution of animals.
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How beautifully Tinamus & allied genera supply Partridges & Quails – how altagis ptarmigan (in each species adapted to different ranges) ostriches bustards - ? Cassowary ? &c &c pheasants. - Here we have representatives in genera. The Golden Plover is represented by allied species, even ornamental similarly coloured. The Charadrius Virginicus.
Varellus – Peewit - Golden Plover
[in margin:] Not conditions
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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