RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. A list of those quadrupeds or birds whether British or foreign / Experiments on Fowls. CUL-DAR206.19. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 12.2022. 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.


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(1) (3) A list of those quadrupeds or birds whether British or foreign which have coupled & bred in the Gardens. It must be those which have been kept sometime alive.

(2) (1) A list of those quads or birds which have coupled, (once or often?) but of which the female has not conceived; stating whether the coupling to be once, or frequent

Males & females not know separate in many cases.

(3) (2) A list of those, which have had opportunity (ie. male & female being together) but have never coupled.

(4) A list of those, of which the male has shown desire, but of

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which either there has been no female, or the female has refused to allow the male to mount — stating which which has the each been the case, which has been the alternative

(5) A list of those, of which female has been 'proud' or appeared ready for the male but of the males have refused to m for whom, there has been no male, or the male has shown no desire.

(6) A list of those, of which both male & female have shown desire but notwithstanding & yet have not coupled.

(Experiments on Fowls)


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