RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Dn. 60: A. Smither 19/12/72 suggests that erection of feathers. CUL-DAR53.2.64. 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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A. Smither 19/12/72 suggests that erection of feathers or hairs serves as protection against attack & is meant to be defensive - against Dn. view it is a reflex
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See letter to Darwin from A. Smither 19 December 1872. Correspondence vol. 20, p. 577.
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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