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M^r Gould¹ says wherever any mark like red patch on wing of Furnarius, Synallaxis &c. sure to unite the birds into group.— it is same as Yarrell's² remark about rock Pidgeons.— & the latter most important in obviating a great apparent difficulty — preservation of colouring, when form has changed.

Can be said that animals no notion of beauty. When does prefer most powerful buck

¹ John Gould; he described Furnarius and Synallaxis in the Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle, vol. 2, 1841.
² William Yarrell, probably personal communication.

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Owen¹ talking of Plesiosaurus alludes to some structure in head. which he says (evidently as an exception) can only be explained by direct adaptation to animals wants & not as change in typical structure ?!!
Whewell,² in comment few will dispute, says civilisation hereditary, i.e. instincts of wisdom like senses of savages virtue? (How come its some convictions patriotic?) — but more especially the power of reasoning &c. &c.—

¹ Richard Owen, "A description of a specimen of the Plesiosaurus macrocephalus, Conybeare, in the collection of Viscount Cole", [read 4 April 1838], Trans. Roy. Geograph. Soc., vol. 5, 1840, p. 534.
² William Whewell, The Bridgewater Treatises on the Power Wisdom and Goodness of God as manifested in the Creation, Treatise III, London, 1836.

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Musalmans of the Peninsula, are, generally speaking a much fairer race than the Hindus, in the same tracts & that in their appearance & manners they are as opposite as day & night: yet we know how remote the periods at which both left the land of their forefathers; — the first to escape the doctrine of Muhammad, the last to extend their dominion, armed alike with the Koran & the sword " # quote Whewells Bridgewater Treatise. (p. 26) about plants from Cape of Good Hope continuing for some time to flower at their own periods.—

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Arcana of Science & Art 1831. p. 160 account of Bulbous root from Mummy after 2000 years, germinating¹ !! — Henslow doubts?

Geographical Journal Vol. V p. 201 Wellsted Memoir on isl^d of Socotra.² Cattle generally marked like those of the Alderney breed, but size not larger than those of Black cattle, not have hump like those from India & Arabia

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p. 202 sheep have not the enormous tails, which disfigure those of Arabia & Egypt.— Civets cats only wild animals on isl^d — Neither Hyaenas; jackals, monkeys common to either coast found here³ not even antelopes, though common on coast of Arabia

¹ Arcana of Science & Art: or an Annual Register of useful Inventions and Improvements. London 1831. On p. 160 "Protraction of Vegetable Life in the dry State". "Mr. Houlton produced a bulbous root which was discovered in the hands of an Egyptian mummy, in which it probably had remained for two thousand years. It germinated on exposure to the atmosphere ; when placed in earth it grew with great rapidity".
² Lieut. R. Wellsted, "Memoir on the Island of Socotra", Journ. Roy. Geograph. Soc. vol. 5, 1835, pp. 129-229.
³ From here to the end of the page added by Darwin in pencil after he had excised the page, to complete the sentence ; hence the repetition on the next page.

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not even antelopes though common on islets off Arabian coast.— # Vol. VI. p. 89.— Lieut. Wellsted¹ "on coast of Arabia between Ras Mohammed & Jeddah". sheep numerous" of the kinds one white with a black face, & similar to those brought from Abyssinia ; the others dark brown with long clotted hair resembling that of goats".

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Geograph. Journal Vol. VII. p. 216. M^r Bennett² Voyage round world. 20 years have scarcely elapsed since the Guava introduced from Norfolk Isld " & it now claims all the moist & fertile land of Tahiti, in spite

¹ Lieut. R. Wellsted, "Observations on the coast of Arabia between Ras Mohammed and Jiddah ", Journ. Roy. Geograph. Soc, vol. 6, 1836, pp. 51-96.
² F. D. Bennett, "Extracts from the Journal of a Voyage round the Globe in the years 1833-36 ", Journ. Roy. Geograph. Soc., vol. 7, 1837, pp. 210-29.

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of every attempt to check its increase. The woodlands for miles in extent are composed solely of this shrub".— p. 229 carcases of birds drifting out to sea— 18

Vol. VII p. 325 Wild dogs¹ of Guayana always hunt in packs go all together of colour reddish brown ears long.— like bull terrier.— Indian secured one. as they always like to cross this breed p. 333. alludes to the Macusie breed no description given.— Ch. 2. dogs

¹ R. H. Schuckburgh, "Diary of an Ascent of the River Berbice in British Guayana in 1836-7", Journ. Roy. Geogr. Soc., vol. 7, 1837, pp. 302-50.