RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Tomes, Observations on the genus Vampyrus, and its allies. CUL-DAR47.39. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 7.2022. 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-DAR47 contains notes for Natural selection chap. 7 'Laws of Variation'.
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Laws of Var.
Probably new law Rudimentary organs vary in individuals & differ much in species — Moths' wings— Proc. Zoolog. Soc. 1861. Part. I. p. 108.— Tomes' remark.—
[Robert F. Tomes. 1861. Observations on the genus Vampyrus, and its allies. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (26 March): 102-109.]
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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