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Eyton says some of the pidgeons in common Dovecot are very like a Himalaya species — leuconotes. —

Magazine of Nat. History 1839 p. 106. Waterhouse¹ refers to fossil remains of the Hamster. — is not this Siberian animal? —

Eyton² says that the young of two hatches all alike between the male Chinese & female common goose took after the common goose thus contradicting (probably) Yarrells³ law & Walkers⁴ of the male giving form — they interbred & the young kept constant & all alike

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¹ George Robert Waterhouse, "Observations on the Rodentia", Magazine of Natural History, vol. 3, 1839, p. 106.

² Thomas Campbell Eyton, "Some remarks upon the Theory of Hybridity", Magazine of Natural History, vol. 1, 1837, p. 357.

³ See "Darwin's Fourth Notebook on Transmutation of Species", Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist)., Historical Series, vol. 2, 1960, p. 173, footnote 1.

⁴ Alexander Walker, Intermarriage, London, 1838.

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Waterhouse says some of the Galapagos Heteromerous insects must come very near to Patagonian species. —

p. 18 of Temmincks¹ Preliminary discourse to Fauna of Japan. — that the animals of islands N. of Timor are allied to the type of genera in isles de Sonda as well by those which are identical, as those which are different — now this is same as Galapagos facts &c. &c. — & it shows the cause which gives same species to different isld. is the same as that which gives genera. — it is not transportation now in case of large

¹ Coenraad Jacob Temminck, "Apercu général … sur les Mammifères qui habitent le Japon …", in P. F. von Siebold, Fauna Japonica, Leiden, 1833.

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M^r Greenough¹ on his map of the world has written Mastodon found at Timor — thinks he has seen specimen in Paris Museum. — 19

Athenaeum 1839 p. 451. Sheep Merinos from Cape of Good Hope have different constitution from those of Europe² — for they stand India better than the latter. —

Forrest Voyage³ p. 323. Sooloo imported elephant. wild hogs — spotted deer. no loories, but cocatores & small green parrots. 19

¹ George Bellas Greenough.

² Athenaeum, 1839, p. 451: "Asiatic Society … Agricultural and Horticultural Society of Bombay, in reply to a request for information respecting the breeds of cattle used in the Presidency. … Sheep are rare … Experiments are now making to improve the breed. … The merino from the Cape is found to answer much better than that brought from England".

³ Thomas Forrest, A Voyage to New Guinea, and the Moluccas, from Balmabangan, London 1779; p. 323: "At Sooloo are none of those beautiful birds called Loories; but there is an abundance of diminutive cocatores, and small green parrots … Here are wild elephants, the offspring, doubtless, of those sent in former days from the continent of India, as presents to the kings of Sooloo … Sooloo has spotted deer".

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June 26^th — Yarrell: Black Swan in domestication & nature strictly monogamous — geese polygamous (?when wild) but even some birds are so when wild — wild ducks monogamous; tame ones highly polygamous — change of instinct by domestication. —

"Notices of the Indian Archipelago" Published at Singapore in 1837. by M^r J. H. Moore. — p. 1 Elephant Rhinoceros Leopard (but not Royal Tiger) &c. are found but only in one part the northern peninsula of Borneo. — Ox & hog natives of Borneo.

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Notices of Indian Arch. Singapore 1837 by J.H.

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J. H. Moore do p. 189, 190. No full sized horse is found East of y Bussamporter & S. of Tropic — after quitting Bengal the fact is noticed in Cassay Ava Pegue seldom equal 13 hands — those of Lao & Siam inferior to those of Pegu — in Sumatra they breed both small — Java pony occasionally reaches 13 hands. — Philippine Pony somewhat resembles that of Celebes is somewhat larger than the Sambawa Java & Sumatra breeds. (Here it appears there are shades of difference in all the isld. like in wild animals). — There are prevailing colours in the different islands. — The horse is only found wild in the plains of Celebes. (but language shows that probably not original there) — shows them isld not fit for horse. Forrest¹ (p. 270) says many wild horses, bullocks, & deer South part of Mindanao. —

¹ Thomas Forrest, ibid., p. 270 : "Here are many wild horses, bullocks and deer ".

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do. Appendix p. 43, & 45. the Breed of elephants in little isld of Sooloo. — said to have been imported: shows they will propagate get dimensions. —

do. App. p. 73 State of Muar in Malacca — speaks of Rhinoceros as well as Tapir. —

Journal of Asiatic Soc. Vol. V. p. 565 in a paper by Lieut. Newbold.¹ —

do do p. 75 A Malayan albino described "To this day the tomb of his grandfather, who was also an albino is held sacred by the credulous natives, & vow made at it. Both his parents were of the usual colour. His sister is an albino like himself said not to be common" — probably, I should think grandfather first of race & if so, fact for my theory

¹ J. T. Newbold, "Sketch of the State of Muar ", Journ. Asiatic Soc, vol. 5, 1836, pp. 561-7.