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RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Schomburgk, History of Barbados. CUL-DAR205.9.224. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles 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].

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Sir R. Schomburgk. History of Barbados p 563. Tellina lacunosa abundant in fossil state, rare in recent, only one found in W. Indies - Lucina edentata abundant in fossil, absent in fossil state at Barbados, but found frequent at Virgin Isd (Fossil shells larger than recent-) Other analogous cases

[Robert Hermann Schomburgk. 1848. The history of Barbados; comprising a geographical and statistical description of the island, a sketch of the historical events since the settlement, and an account of its geology and natural productions. Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans.]

Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)