RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Mr Swainson pretends that Mammals circles are nearly perfect. CUL-DAR205.5.201. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 1.2023. 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-DAR205.5 contains notes on the principle of divergence, transitional organs and instincts.


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If Mr. Swainson pretends that Mammals circles are nearly perfect, according to my theory must be wrong for we have not one hundredth part of Mammals that since existed & &c with Birds


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