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p. 564 an abstract of M^r Swainsons¹ views which if abstract true are wonderfully absurd.—

p. 565 breed Scotch wild Cattle breed freely with the tame.²
Vol. II Magazine of Zoology

p. 56 Peregrine Falcon holds birds for some time alive ?therefore other species mice & only kills them when urged by hunger.³.— 11

p. 65. Aberrant groups⁴ few in numbers & vary much in character, divided into many small genera ∴ circumstances not favourable to many species, same circumstances which by causing death makes the group aberrant

¹ Magazine of Zoology and Botany, vol. 1, 1837, pp. 545-66, "Dr Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopaedia. Natural History, 1. On the Geography and Classification of Animals. By W. S. Swainson".
² ibid., p. 565, "We know, beside, that they breed freely with the common ox, and that the progeny produced from the cows is also productive".
³ William Thompson, "Contributions to the Natural History of Ireland ", Magazine of Zoology and Botany, vol. 2, 1837-8, pp. 42-57 ; on p. 53 : "still retaining its first victim, secured the second with its other foot, and bore both off together".
⁴ G. Johnston, "Miscellanea Zoologica ", Magazine of Zoology and Botany, vol. 2, 1837-8, pp. 63-73.

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when species rare we infer extermination when group few in number of kind. extermination.— New forms made through probably an infinite number of forms.— therefore an isolated form probably a remnant.— Pachydermata & Horses few forms & they are remnants.— Cephalopoda ditto.—
Mag. of Zool. & Bot. Vol. II p. 125. Allusion to abortive spiracles in Hemiptera.¹
do. p. 160. soft plumage of night jar like owls.² analogy in habits adaptation to nocturnal habits — to cats &c.— must be acquired by my theory else my theory not applicable

¹ John Obadiah Westwood, "Notes upon Sub-aquatic Insects, with the description of a new Genus of British Staphylinidae", Magazine of Zoology and Botany, vol. 2, 1837-8, pp. 124-132,
² W. B. Clarke, "Observations on Caprimulgus europaeus (night-jar)", Magazine of Zoology and Botany, vol. 2, 1837-8, pp. 158-63.

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L'Institut 1838 p. 128 Extraordinary genus. Mesites bird from Madagascar uniting pidgeons & gallinaceous birds & parrots.¹ — legs of pidgeon perfect.— &c. &c.
do. p. 136 Ichthyosaurus in the Chalk.² 19

Those who say philosophically to a certain extent, — nothing but experience will tell us when group is true, — there are no genera if mammalia are adduced, say oh look to your fossils, now if extinction had gone, without creation this would have been fair, but to place all that ever have lived into one list is unfair (moreover what will become of the future creations, if the list is now perfect.—) the creator so creates animals, it will be said, that although at any one there are gaps yet altogether he has created a perfect chain +++ supra on next page

¹ M. Bernier, L'Institut, tome 6, 1838, p. 128: "[Mesites] analogue par ses pattes au Pigeon plus qu'à aucun autre group, par ses ailes à la plupart des vrais Gallinacés".
² A. Courcier, L'Institut, tome 6, 1838, p. 136: "Présence de l'Ichthyosaure dans la craie".

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It is a fact pregnant with something? that intermediate species have generally perfect organs of two adjoining families & not all organs blending away.— 11

do changes of habits affect particular organs.—
+++ Hopeless work to systematist, who believed that all his divisions merely marked his own ignorance. The collector was plodding at making a series, which would render our knowledge a chaos : who will doubt this if series now existed from man to monad — though physiology would profit if the series were believed to pass into each other.—

Different classes keep to their types with different degrees of closeness — look how close birds ! look at Mammals, how wide.— therefore birds younger ???! or have not been exposed to so many contingencies ???

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some of the Ostriches were to die, then they would appear isolated. #
In my birds from S. Hemisphere there are some godwits which are close to European species, and the sexes of which vary in colour of plumage in same remarkable manner as European species = singular coincidence if distinct creation.— i.e.— a mere statement nothing is explained.— this is fact analogous to mocking thrush of Galapagos having tone of voice like S. American.—
Have not Ruffs & Reeves a remarkably varying plumage for wild birds —

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At Zoolog. Garden there is half Jackal & Scotch Terrier — certainly more like Jackal in gait, size, fur ; manner in which ears droop like dog in character, & manner of wagging tail habitual movement connected with mood.—
There is no progression in the development in instincts in the orders of insects, so is there none of reason in orders of mammals.— Mem. Elephants & dog.

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There is one living spirit prevalent over this world, (subject to certain contingencies of organic matter & chiefly heat), which assumes a multitude of forms each having acting principle according to subordinate laws.—
There is one thinking sensible principle (intimately allied to one kind of