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Linn. Trans 18. p. 133 Westwood on the Fulgoridæ enumerates the strange forms which the thorax & head displays. — most fantastic & use unknown. — "when we find such an endless variety of form in the same organ "manifestation of divine power"?. — "of their use difficult to conceive any idea"

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Linn. Trans. 18. p. 163. "D. Dod on two new genera of coniferæ". — referring to the 3 main divisions & speaking of their similarity in structure he says "indeed it w d be difficult to point out a family so completely natural & one whose groups pass so insensibly into each other".

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Phillips (Lardner's E. vol. II p. 18.) capital list of all the fossil Mamm. of Europe —

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Large Lizards in Navigatores. Williams. Narrative of Missionary enterprises

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Dr Andrew Smith says in the larks from S. Africa he can almost make series from end to end— so that he is almost led to doubt. whether there is such a thing as a species—

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Gleanings of Sciences. Vol. III p. 83. Paper translated from Meckel. Comp. Anat. — From Buffon cross of he-goat & sheep, it seems male gives form. admitted by Linnæus. — seems to doubt its applicability to common mule & hinnus — in one case bastard of wolf & dog had more form of male, & another of both progenitors — the hinnus, resembles horse in its head ears, tail limbs — in the mules, these parts resemble ass. (& part of body mare) — — this may be, perhaps. squeezed into M^r Walker's law

Meckel, Johann Friedrich. 1831. On varieties in the animal kingdom, depending on procreation between individuals of different species. Gleanings in Science vol. 3, pp. 81-84.