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RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Saussure H. de 'Arch Sci Bibl Univ Genève'. CUL-DAR48.A12. 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 9.2021. 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-DAR48 contains notes for Natural selection chap. 8 'Transitions of Organs'. Notes on bees' cells for origin of species theory.

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Observat. sur les moeurs de Oiseaux par H. de Saussure Bib. Universelle de Genève 1858

Colaptes rubricatus of Mexico bores holes in Agave & Yucca & lays up stores of acorns!

These Oak- acorns must be brought from several league distances. Their beaks are sharp & can penetrate the outside tissue of stems of Aloe which is very hard, showing that Colaptes has bill which can do the normal work.

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Saussure, Henri Louis Frédéric de. 1858. Observations sur les moeurs de divers oiseaux du Mexique. Geneva: Ramboz & Schuchardt. (from: Bibliothèque Universelle et Revue Suisse. Archives des sciences physiques et naturelles 1: 331-338, pl. 4; 3: 14-25, 168-182, 4: 22-41.) [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 285] PDF

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