RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. [Worm notes: 'Habits' on castings on commons]. CUL-DAR64.1.92. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 6.2021. 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.
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Habits
Castings are especially abundant on commons, apparently because the land is poor & produced a scanty vegetation.
On other hand, I have noticed there is great number in the Green Park – Came there as because wondering food are scarcer but
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It is an instinct coming to surface when land shaken.
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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