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RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1845.04.01. Ch 6 / Gould says partridges in certain districts in England vary a little in colour. CUL-DAR47.3. 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'.

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April 1. 1845. Gould says ~~some~~ partridges in certain districts in England vary a little in colour. There is an artemis in Van Diemens land, differing on in size from Australian species, which migrates from Van Diemens land, & must cross, the almost permanent, larger variety in Australia: How good — like sheep in Shetland.— & Antelope in N. America I believe some

[in margin:] vars keeping distinct

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smaller vars: in Van Diemens land.— Quadrupeds different but very close species

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