RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1840]. Abstract of Forbes, Athenaeum 1840: 779. CUL-DAR205.5.35. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles 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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Athenaeum—40. p 779. Mr Forbes says it is a rule that the parts which characterize a class as fins in fishes offer best specific characters.
Forbes, Edward. 1840. [parts which characterize a class...offer best specific characters]. Athenaeum no. 675: 779.
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