RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Dn. 56: Reeks H 8 March 1873. CUL-DAR53.2.60. 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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Reeks H. 8/3/73
1. Evidence of infants press & scratch when sucking & also prod with their toes
2. Bears draw back their ears when enraged w. sows (& probably in attacks on each other).
Cited in Expression 2d ed., p. 237n; "5 [Mr. Henry Reeks (letter, March 3, 1873) writes: "I have seen the black bear, U. americanus, sit on its haunches and shade its eyes with both fore-paws when trying to make out a distant object, and I hear that it is a frequent habit of that species."]"
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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