RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1837]. Fernando Noronha / What islands in the Galapagos do following birds come from. CUL-DAR29.3.26. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 12.2021, corrections by John van Wyhe 10.2022. RN2
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. The volume CUL-DAR29.3 contains lists of specimens from the voyage of the Beagle.
Much of the lower half of this document which pertains to identifiying bird specimens collected in the Galapagos, is in the hand to two other individuals. As Frank Sulloway has shown, Darwin copied the numbers from Captain FitzRoy's specimen catalogue. See CUL-DAR29.3.39-40.
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14 tern
16 17} Doves
18 little greenish wren
19 ---) Black? Kind not mentioned in my book} What kind of Birds
20 ---) eyes?
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What islands in the Galapagos do following birds come from.
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398 – Chatham Isld Male
399 – Do – " – "
400 – Do – " – " female of 404
404 – Charles's – " – " Smaller species of red head
406 - Do – " – " Orpheus Fasciatus
413 – James's – " – " { larger kind of red Head
414 – Do – " – " Female { do
423 – Do – " – " Male – Parrot beak kind
431 – Do – " – " {yellow head Tyrannus larger than red head
245 Fox – From which Island East (Falklands) Female.
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Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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