RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1838]. Birds from Galapagos Archipelago collected by Syms Covington. CUL-DAR29.3.30. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 12.2021. 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.
Frank Sulloway wrote of these notes: "Darwin's record of responses to his request for locality information for the Galápagos finches collected by his servant, Syms Covington, whose birds had been acquired by ornithologist Thomas Eyton, as well as for the finches collected by Harry Fuller, which were still in the possession of Captain FitzRoy. Darwin's check marks show his collation of this information for subsequent publication in the Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle (1841)."
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Birds from Galapagos Archipelago collected by Syms Covington in possession of T. Eyton Esq
Geospiza magnirostris, two specimens Charles Isld.—
—— fortis Charles Isld.
—— fuliginosa Chatham Isld.
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do collected by Fuller in Capt. F.R. possession
(3)? 92 Geospiza magnirostris + Charles Chatham Isld
417 —— strenua James Isld.
427 422 424} ——— fortis + James Isld do do
433 432} Geospiza – parvula James Isld
423 Geospiza spittacula [psittacula] James Isld
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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