RECORD: Darwin, C. R. & Emma Darwin. n.d. Abstracts on Variation under Nature. CUL-DAR75.119. 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 5.2021, revised 8.2025. RN2

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Variation under Nature

8vo pamphlets (937) p 116 Stolicza on a hill var of from differing in structure: others wd call species

Stoliczka, Ferdinand. 1873. Notes on some species of Malayan reptiles and amphibia. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 42(2): 111-125, pl. XI. (whole issue) 'Rana lymnocharis' [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 937] PDF

American Nat. 1874. April. p. 197 Ridgway — variation in notes of same sp. of Birds — dev of nesting — p. 201 Otus in Nevada habitually use old nests of Magpie

Ridgway, Robert. 1874. On local variations in the notes and nesting habits of birds. American Naturalist 8: 197-201. PDF

American Nat. May 1874. p 260 Scudder polymorphic Papilio ajax

Scudder, Samuel Hubbard. 1874. The natural history of a polymorphic butterfly. American Naturalist 8: 257-266. PDF

Transact. N. Zealand Institute vol. 4 (71) p. 256 Kirk, Cardonian present more variable than in Grt. Britain — other vars. of other plants resemble mountain vars. of Britain

Kirk, Thomas. 1871. Notes on the local distribution of certain plants common to the British Islands and New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 4: 256-270. [CUL-DAR240] PDF

— — p. 284. Armstrong on the naturalised plants — 171 species! — good remarks & list

Armstrong, John F. 1871. On the naturalised plants of the Province of Canterbury. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 4: 284-290. [CUL-DAR240] PDF

— — p. 298 Kirk on introduced grasses, some native hold their ground

[Armstrong, John F. et al.] 1871. Report of a committee of the Canterbury Philosophical Institute on native and introduced grasses. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 4: 292-310. [CUL-DAR240] PDF

— — p 372 Hutton — Blue Duck strictly aboriginal & shows no fear about its young

Travers, W. T. L. 1871. Notes on the habits of the birds of New Zealand. [Abstract]. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 4: 372. [CUL-DAR240] PDF

The Doctrine of Descent. O. Schmidt p. 94 — good sentence on variability of sponges, including spicule

Schmidt, Oscar. 1875. The doctrine of descent and Darwinism. London: Henry S. King & Co. CUL-DAR.LIB.573 PDF

Hackel. Kalkschwämme vol. I. p. 383 Jul. variability of Sponges p. 385

Haeckel, Ernst. 1872. Die Kalkschwämme: Eine Monographie in 2 Bänden Text and einem Atlas. 2 vols. and atlas. Berlin: Georg Reimer. [inscribed in vol. 1] CUL-DAR.LIB.248 vol. 1 PDF vol. 2 PDF atlas PDF

Gould, Introduction to Birds of Grt Britain p. 16 — slight difference if Birds of Britain & Europe & on islands (Sharpe make species of)

Gould, John. 1873. Introduction to the birds of Great Britain. London: Taylor & Francis. [inscribed] CUL-DAR.LIB.232 PDF

Forel, Les Fourmis p. 14, 19 variability of — males clearly similar transition form in different nests

Forel, Auguste. 1874. Les fourmis de la Suisse. Zurich: Zurcher & Furrer. (from: Neue Denkschriften allgemeinen schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die gesammten Naturwissenschaften / Nouveaux mémoires de la Société helvétique des sciences vol. 26.) [inscribed] CUL-DAR.LIB.198 PDF

8vo Pamph    (943)  Gentry- Larvae climbing plants on which they feed

Gentry, Thomas G. 1875. A curious anomaly in the history of certain larvae of Acronycta oblinita Guenée, and hints on the phylogeny of Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia 1875: 24-54. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 943] PDF

— — (944) Nägeli variation of Hieracium, in Alps, most important.

Nägeli, Carl von. 1874. Verdrängung der Pflanzenformen durch ihre Mitbewerber. (from: Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch-physikalischen Classe der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München ) München: Straub. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 944] PDF

— — (945) Hyatt on changes in ammonite

Hyatt, Alpheus. 1873. Evolution of the Arietidae. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 16: 166-170. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 945] PDF

— — (976) Gaudry, extreme variability of some Miocene & Eocene mammals

Gaudry, Albert. 1875. Quelques pièces de mammifères fossiles qui ont été trouvées dans les phosphorites du Quercy. Journal de Zoologie 4: 518-527, 1 pl. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 976] PDF

— — (981) Rutimeyer — changes in animal world in Switzerland since presence of Man — I suppose there ought to be looked to again

Rütimeyer, Ludwig. 1876. Die Veränderungen der Thierwelt in der Schweiz seit Anwesenheit des Menschen. Basel: Hugo Richter. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 981] PDF

Reviews of me (250) abstract of Staudinger on various forms of variation in Butterflies

Klein, Hermann Joseph ed. 1875. Transmutationslehre. Vierteljahres-Revue der Fortschritte der Naturwissenschaften in theoretischer und praktischer Beziehung 3 (1875): 141-268. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection reviews 250] PDF

4to Pamphlet (237) Hoffmann, Bol. Tertiary — Proportion of plants which varied chiefly by reversion in colour when cultivated in very poor soil - Salt used

Hoffmann, Hermann. 1875. Culturversuche. Botanische Zeitung 33: 601-605, 617-628. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 237] PDF

— — (238) Flights of Butterflies to Bermuda — 600 miles across sea

Jones, John Matthew. 1875. On an immense flight of small butterflies (Terias lisa) in the Bermudas. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology 1 (December): 121-125. (whole issue) [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 238] PDF


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