RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1855.02.  The two peculiar species of Juan Fernandez. CUL-DAR205.3.168. 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.

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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Feb. /55/ The 2 peculiar species of Juan Fernandez, belong to same group as the Chilian common species, but the latter just discovered by Bridges to inhabit this isld. This alters case, but shows power of transportal of the genus.

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