RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. [Abstract of Dieffenbach, Travels in New Zealand, etc.]. CUL-DAR205.9.179. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 9.2021. 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-DAR205.9 contains notes on palaeontology and geology [regarding theory of evolution].
Darwin recorded reading the book on 30 November 1843.
See CUL-DAR119.-
The brown crayon number '22' indicates that this document was filed by Darwin in his portfolio for the subject of Palaeontology: extinction.
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Dieffenbach II/136 Apterix lays only one egg yearly from introduction of dog is now very rare. The a large & beautiful (Centropus) coocoo, has not been seen for many years, but its tail feathers have been preserved - only the oldest inhabitants have seen, attribute its destruction, from roosting on the lower branches, to the introduced cats.
[Ernest Dieffenbach. 1843. Travels in New Zealand, etc. in two volumes. London: John Murray.]
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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