RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1863.07. Mem my discussion on white pigeons &c. CUL-DAR47.17. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 7.2022. RN1

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-DAR47 contains notes for Natural selection chap. 7 'Laws of Variation'.

See Natural selection pp. 84-5.

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July 1863

Nat. selection

Mem. my discussion on white pigeons &c suffering from Hawks— how extraordinary few (seeing how many domestic birds & mammals there are) white birds & animals— except in Polar regions & except in sea — where no Hawks live.—

Mem Effect of perceiving green in Scotland—

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