RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1845.07. At the Galapagos the Progne the Bittern & a wader are smaller. CUL-DAR205.3.122. 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. 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-DAR205.3 contains notes on distribution of animals.


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At the Galapagos the Progne, the Bittern & a wader are smaller than the same identical species; & the two owls, which are not the same, are smaller than their representatives - How in alpine & Arctic, &c situation, where individuals are small, are the representative species small - It is so in Arctic plants?


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