RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Dn. 25: Kingfishers and fish. CUL-DAR53.2.35. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed and edited by John van Wyhe 9.2025. 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-DAR53.2 contains drafts, notes & clippings for Darwin's book The expression of the emotions (1872) and notes to correct a further edition.
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Kingfishers and fish: Letter to Nature 21/1/75 p. 48
Whether is first killed or not depends on its size, rule (hard & spiny or soft) & in the time of year - fish butchered for the young. (cf. in the last [illeg] beating around.)
Abbott, Charles C. 1875. The habits of the belted kingfisher. Nature 11 (21 January): 227. CUL-DAR53.1.B42 Image This clipping has a corresponding annotation "Dn 25" and "(Done FD)", i.e. Francis Darwin.
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