RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Jukes, Narrative of the surveying voyage of H.M.S. Fly, etc. CUL-DAR205.3.138. 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.
Darwin recorded this in his 'Books to be read / Books Read' notebook.Text CUL-DAR119.-
Jukes, Joseph Beete. 1847. Narrative of the surveying voyage of H.M.S. Fly in the Torres Strait, New Guinea, and other islands of the Eastern Archipelago, 1842-1846, together with an excursion into the interior of the eastern part of Java. 2 vols. London. [Abstract in CUL-DAR205.3.138.] See CUL-DAR119.-
The brown crayon number '19' indicates that this document was filed by Darwin in his portfolio for the subject of Island endemism: animals.
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J. B. Jukes. Narrative of the Surveying Voyage of the Fly Vol I. p. 342 shows that the Barrier has not been depressed for a long time; but believes it has at one time & he remarks (p 347) that it bears on the Marsupial character of New Guinea. Was the subsidence then anterior to present species - This is too Harmonic.
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Shells different on N. & S. coast of New Guinea
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