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Phytologist 6. Ceratium nigrescens true for seed, yet admitted not so the Azores varieties
— 14 a variety of Veronica remarkable H. C. Watson. Mem. Bernhardi
Anon. 1844. [Review of] Leighton, A flora of Shropshire. With additional notes on many of the plants described in the work. The Phytologist: A Popular Botanical Miscellany 1: 11-16, 22-27. [?]
Henfrey Bot. gazette p. 4 bis on Bracts appearing in Cruciferae
Zoologist p. 5 Muscicapa two vars with very different beaks
— p 7. 3 vars of English foxes.
— 17 variation in colour of caterpillars of moths, partly related to plants on which they feed
— 18 Facts on the ringed Guillemot
[in margin:] number of abstract [with arrow to '18 Annals des Sc.']
18 Annals des Sc. p. 41 good case of var. in Corydalis
Annales des Sciences Naturelles (Botanique).
— 2d ser. Bot p. 2 on variation of Plyeut[illeg] owing to wet and dry season & species
— p. 9. an autumnal var. of Scabiosa in Corsica
— p. 16 variation of Hypochæris when cultivated.
19 Hort. Transact p. 20 Herbert on varying of Viola grandiflora
21 Silliman n. a. Jn New series p 14. Morton Definition of species
22 Journal Hort. Soc. p. 11 Schleiden says plants may be divided into 2 class variable & non-variable - & variable grows in cultivated ground bears on naturalised plants not varying.
16 Linnean trans p. 2 Silene maritima & inflata in 3d year undistinguishable
Linnaeus (Carl von Linné). 1811. Lachesis Lapponica; or, a tour in Lapland, now first published from the original manuscript journal of the celebrated Linnaus; by J. E. Smith. 2 vols. London. CUL-DAR71.68-69
17 Scrope p. 1 & 7 on reduced size & difference of deer in part of Scotland
Scrope, William. 1838. The art of deer-stalking, illustrated by a narrative of a few days' sport in the forest of Atholl. London. [London Library] CUL-DAR71.70-73
18 Lloyd Scandinavian p. now agreed only one Bear what dispute & doubts
Lloyd, Llewellyn. 1854. Scandinavian adventures, during a residence of upwards of twenty years with some account of the northern fauna. 2 vols. London. CUL-DAR71.74-79
21 V. Harcourt Birds present vars in Madeira
24 Watson Cybele p 1 gradation in Viola tricolor & lutea
Watson, Hewett Cottrell. 1847-1860. Cybele Britannica; or British plants, and their geographical relations. London: Longman & Co. 4 vols. and part 1 of supplement, III, 87. IV, 69. XI, 4. [inscribed in vol. 1 "from the author"] CUL-DAR.LIB.664 vol. 1 PDF vol. 2 PDF vol. 3 PDF vol. 4 PDF supplement PDF
The abstract 24 is in CUL-DAR71.112-115.
p 2 Ulex strictus a var. U. nanus distinct sp.
25 Bells Quadrupeds .. 1 Hedgehog varies much in size in France, so that comon people believe 2 sp.
Bell, Thomas. 1837. A history of British quadrupeds, including the Cetacea. London. [CUL-DAR71.1-5] Abstract in CUL-DAR71.116-24. PDF CUL-DAR71.116-124
29 Wollaston p 5 The European states occur early in P. Santo not in Madeira insists on numerous slight differences in different isld & height & compared with continent.
— p 30 remarkable fact of number of genera which have representative vars in Madeira & Porto Santo
— M S my ch end on permanence & number of vars of Land-shells on each mountain
33 Boreau p 2 description of the 2 sp of Anagallis
37 Tennant p vars of Tiger & in several islands of Malay Arch.
41 Janells Birds p. 1 Iceland Falcons thought by some to be distant sp
— p 2. cases of Corvus cornix & corone often breed together
— p 5 on the English & grouse of Sweden & vars of English.
— p 9 quotes Temminck about crossing of 2 sp of Sparrows
— on the 2 guillemots
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43 Audubon p. 19 Sterna Hirundo varies in all proportion
44 Gould Australia vars of Birds in Tasmania. vars of size in different parts of Australia
Blyths Letters (1) Sh. 8 p. 3 Red grouse only var of T. Saliceti
sh 11. 4 Passer montanus have very wide distribution
12 p. 1 On the ranges of the 3 allied sparrows
(3) is not C. spermologus beak var. of Jackdaw; in my abstract of Janell, I think Temminck says they cross — Blyth says he has var. between C. cornix & corone.
(10) Sh. 2 on range of Red Grouse & T. saliceti
[insertion:] Philippines offer good case — worked out
Bundle of M. S. 15 Pfeiffer — vast number of representative & local vars of Land shells
(9) Asa Gray remarks if you increase area number of close species increases
Letter A p. 4 on the Polymorphic genera of N. America not same as here
(B) p. 3 grasses naturalised plants not more variable than indigenous
(C) p. 1 Engelmann agrees with do. The call to older (p. 81 Statistics) as Europe & America have so many very close representative & doubtful species
I. G. Hilaire Hist Nat. Jan 2/287 Definition of species
p 304 Tropical (mem. H. C. Watson in supplement to Cybele)
2/441 do
3/448 I see polymorphism has been used for alternate generations
Godron Sur l'Espece 1/19 variation of Fox
Godron, Dominique Alexandre. 1859. De l'espèce et des races dans les êtres organisés et spécialement de l'unité de l'espèce humaine. 2 vols. Paris: J. B. Baillière et Fils. CUL-DAR.LIB.225 vol. 1 PDF vol. 2 PDF
1/30 albinism in Snails 34 melænism in Sphinx
1/179 argues like Agassiz that difficulty in naturalists not defining species no argument against extinction.
1/248 sterility of Hybrid Oxlips.
E. Tennant 2/284 variation in nails of Elephant;
p. 274 in Tusks
p 302 resemblances in same herd.
Bull. Geolog. Soc. (36 my nos. of Part) p. 61 most careful examinations of amount of variation in Bees.
Nat. Hist R. no. 2 p. 134 Bentham on variation in Plants — Classes of variation excellent
Bentham, George. 1874. The recent progress and present state of systematic botany. An uncommon original article from the British Association for the Advancement of Science report, 1874. Belfast. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 896] PDF
184 195 Carpenter — wide ranging Foraminifera always vary most
197 animal variations
Carpenter, William B. 1861. General results of the study of typical forms of foraminifera, in their relation to the systemic arrangement of that group, etc.
?. Morlot (pamph. 192) p 289 on Robur sessile & pedunculated difference in antiquity. good
Morlot, Charles Adolphe. 1859. Etudes géologico-archéologiques en Danemark et en Suisse. [Read January.] Bulletin des séances. Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 6: 263-328. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 192] PDF
Journal. A… Soc. (pamph 193) paper by Blyth on size of Rein-deer, not very important
Blyth, Edward. 1860. Note on the races of Rein Deer. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 29: 376-392. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 193] PDF
Masters (pamph 216) on Cowslip & Primrose springing from same root on Buckman's experiments.
Masters, Maxwell Tylden. 1860. On the relation between the abnormal and normal formations in plants. [Read 16 March.] Notices of the Proceedings at the Meetings of the Members of the Royal Institution of Great Britain 3: 223-227. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 216] PDF
Shaafhausen (pamph 218) p. 425 On alpine species when cultivated changing to other
Schaaffhausen, Hermann. 1853. Ueber Beständigkeit und Umwandlung der Arten. Verhandlungen des Naturhistorischen Vereines der preussischen Rheinlande und Westphalens 10: 420-451. (bound with manuscript translation of the section discussing the development of organic life) [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 218] PDF
Leidy (4to pamph 53) p. 15 great variations in skull of recent Peccary & of extinct species
Leidy, Joseph. 1857. Descriptions of the remains of fishes from the Carboniferous limestone of Illinois and Missouri. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 11: 87-90. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 53] PDF
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Eding New Phil. Journal 53/100 Lacunera. same instincts brighter in S zones — 10 species brighter
Eding new Philo Jan 75/43 MacGillivray in this & preceding numbers measures shows & finds inequalities
— 74/385 var in Shrews & variation in Tragus of Bats — it in point in which 2 species differ
Agassiz Lake Superior p 292 good case of wide variability in Fish. good as from Agassiz
Agassiz, Louis. 1850. Lake Superior: its character, vegetation, and animals, compared with those of other similar regions. Boston: Gould, Kendall & Lincoln. [inscribed] CUL-DAR.LIB.4 PDF
Bronn Geschichte 2/107 important variations in Fish
Bronn, Heinrich Georg. 1841. Handbuch einer Geschichte der Natur. 2 vols. and atlas. Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagshandlung (E. Koch). CUL-DAR.LIB.72 vol. 1 PDF vol. 2 PDF
— 2/131. tail-feathers varying in waders (reference)
Geographical Journal 14/139 gall-bladder characters of some importance
— 46/128 Owen on decrease of Horns in Red Deer in Scotland, since Historic Times
Glöger 143 corvus of Faroe & C. Cornix
Gloger, Constantin Lambert. 1833. Das Abändern der Vögel durch Einfluss des Klima's. Breslau: August Schulz & Co. [Darwin Library-CUL] CUL-DAR.LIB.223 PDF Text
— 152 Discussion on Sparrow
Bernhardi 35 on certain vars of Grasses very constant p 66 do Veronica
Bernhardi, Johann Jacob. 1834. Über den Begriff der Pflanzenart und seine Anwendung. Erfurt: Friedrich Wilhelm Otto. CUL-DAR.LIB.41 PDF
— 50 on a Pimpinella being only a var.
— 68 3 vars with analogous differences worth looking to
Graba's Farro 51 on White Raven (analogous with Hooded day Jack daw, magpies)
Graba, Carl Julian. 1830. Tagebuch geführt auf einer Reise nach Färö im Jahre 1828. Hamburg: Perthes & Besser. CUL-DAR.LIB.234 PDF
Rugger 288, 298 variations of Bands of armadillo
— 34 variations of Head of Monkey.
Wagner's anatomy p 43 on the Gall Bladder
Wagner, Rudolf. 1845. Elements of the comparative anatomy of the vertebrate animals. Edited from the German by Alfred Tulk. London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans. CUL-DAR.LIB.646 PDF
Gould 8vo Australian Birds vars of Birds in Tasmania migratory 51 vars of Anthus 70. 75, 101 other vars.
Gould, John. 1848. An introduction to the birds of Australia. London: Richard & John E. Taylor. [inscribed] CUL-DAR.LIB.231 PDF
Magazine of Zoology 1/414 Lizards viviparous & oviparous
— 1/462 tail feathers in Swan variable
Gardeners Mag 12/571 Bree on reptile & Pedunculated Oaks
Bree, W. T. 1836. Further notices respecting British oaks, and some remarks on the Turkey oak and scarlet oak, etc.
Smith Zoology Birds Th. XXII variation of Beak good sentence
Gardeners Chronicle 1841 p 344 Dr Greville on sessile & other Oak
Anon. 1841. On the botanical characters of the British oaks; by Dr. Greville. Gardeners' Chronicle (29 May): 344-345.
— 645, p 660 on cowslip & primrose from Polyanthus
Babington, Charles Cardale. 1841. Note on Primula vulgaris. Gardeners' Chronicle 1: 645.
— 1842 p 171 Range of Primrose & cowslips
S. 1842. The oxlip. Gardeners' Chronicle 2: 171-172.
— 1842 p 5 The two Oaks 1845 p 856, 857 on difference in woods
M. D. P. 1842. British oaks. Gardeners' Chronicle 2: 5.
— 1849 549 case of plants with corolla & apelations
Ré, Filippo. 1849. Diseases of plants. Gardeners' Chronicle (1 September): 549.
1853 99 & 132 on Deodar & Cedar of Lebanon
T. T. 1853. The Deodar. Gardeners' Chronicle (12 February): 99-100.
— 1855 766 Quercus sessiliflora true to seed
Anon. 1855. Quercus sessiliflora. Gardeners' Chronicle (24 November): 776.
— 1856, 191 on the 2 species 405 good p 8 511 do
Anon. 1856. [Durmast oak]. Gardeners' Chronicle (22 March): 191-192.
— 1856 582 Henslow on var. of Centaurea
Henslow, John Stevens. 1856. On the triticoidal forms of Ægilops, and on the specific identity of Centaurea nigra and C. nigrescens. Gardeners' Chronicle (30 August): 582.
— 806 a Japonica varying in placentation
Masters, Maxwell Tylden. 1856. On the nature of the coronal scales in Saponaria. Gardeners' Chronicle (6 December): 806.
— 1857 548 — 5 species of Oaks & 63 variations
Lasch. 1857. Different forms of oak...German forests. Gardeners' Chronicle (8 August): 548.
Journal of Botany p. 5 Watson several Azores vars. Hereditary in England
Watson, Hewett Cottrell. 1843-1847. Notes of a botanical tour in the western Azores. London Journal of Botany 2 (1843): 1-9, 125-131, 394-408; 3 (1844): 582-617; 6 (1847): 380-397. (whole issue) [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 114, 153] PDF
Phytologist H. C. Watson p 1 on intermediate gradation Festuca & Cnicus
p 3 Ender on identity of anni sativa & fatura mem. Buckman
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Loudons' Mag 7/60 variation in shape of wings in Butterflies
7/143 peculiar var. of mole
7/317 Janell on Gall-bladder of animals
9/509, 510 — cases of very close species — one so close is only different in Habits
8/279 Viola lactea changing with V. canina
Zoolog Proc. 1838/10 Gall bladder variable in Giraffe
Owen, Richard. 1838. Notes on the anatomy of the Nubian giraffe. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 6: 6-15. [Natural selection]
1836/76 Hybrid Hooded & Carrion crows
Williamson, William Crawfurd. 1836. On the appearance of rare birds in the vicinity of Scarborough. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 4: 76-77.
Jourdan Acad Lyon 84 Each Linnean sp. compared with crowd of Forms.
98 vars on distinct as species.
Richardson Birds 283 var. geographical with Lab.
Richardson, John. 1829-1836. Fauna Boreali-Americana, or, The zoology of the northern parts of British America: containing descriptions of the objects of natural history collected on the late northern land expeditions, under command of Captain Sir John Franklin. 3 vols. London: John Murray. [on Beagle, inscribed (14 August 1837)] CUL-DAR.LIB.539 vol. 1 (Quadrupeds) Text vol. 2 (Birds) Text PDF vol. 3 (Fish) Text
292 Eggs of Magpie different from those of Europe.
Mammals p 239 2 vars of Rein Deer barren grounds & woods Here gives Falconers case Horns in calves
Hooker Antarctic p. 4 curious vars of Ranunculus with remarkable nectary
Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1844-1847. The botany of the antarctic voyage of H.M.S. Erebus and Terror in the years 1839-1843: 1. Flora antarctica. London: Reeve. (Spine title: Flora Antarctica) 2 vols. in 1 binding. outsize CUL-DAR.LIB.288 PDF / PDF
p 62 curious var of Veronica
p 97, 116 &c varying in one country no in others p 288 do
Indian Field 31/52 & 38/135 good on Sparrows
Schlegel 206 Corvus cornix & corone breeding.
Thompson Birds 1/307 & 309
207 Sardinia has many vars but not species.
Thompson 2/272 Crested Snipe var. (⸮ cresting is cresting trace of primordial Bird being crested)
Bechstein (Song Birds) p 221 vars of gold-finch (Brent told me something)
p 293 Migratory & common Thrushes can be distinguished
Davy Angler 242 vars. of Charr.
Davy, John. 1855. The angler and his friend: or, piscatory colloquies and fishing excursions. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. [CUL-DAR240] PDF
Charles insects May 1/305 vars important in plumage of young birds
1/480 variation in Beaks of Birds
2/38 Sardinian Mustela var.
2/261 Variation of important parts in Birds
3/160 Squirrels, permanent & protean vars. of colours p 332 & some not variable
3/475 on increase of black Hamsters
4/327 on vars. of colour in wild plant, even on same individual
St John 232 Mountain Fox
St. John, Charles. 1846. Short sketches of the wild sports and natural history of the Highlands. London: John Murray. [Francis Darwin][Darwin Library-Down] PDF
Westwood 2/228 var in presence of cocoon in ants
Westwood, John Obadiah. 1839-1840. An introduction to the modern classification of insects. 2 vols. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans. [signed] CUL-DAR.LIB.677 vol. 1 PDF vol. 2 PDF
2/356 Nymphalidæ polymorphous
Darwins J. 39 Calthates changing range
490 changed Habit of Dung-Beetles
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Sir J. Smith Flora 2/337 great variation in seed of Spergula & Arenaria: are they allied?
Hooker Flora Indica 217 Berberries plenum of species. p 219 marked vars. of B. vulgaris
Hooker, Joseph Dalton and Thomson, Thomas. 1855. Flora Indica: being a systematic account of the plants of British India, together with observations on the structure and affinities of their natural orders and genera. vol. 1: Ranunculaceae to Fumariaceae, with an introductory essay. London: W. Pamplin. [inscribed] CUL-DAR.LIB.289 PDF
Macgillivray 1/153 variations in intestine of Black grouse
Macgillivray, William. 1837-1852. A history of British birds. 5 vols. London: Scott, Webster & Geary. CUL-DAR.LIB.402 vol. 1 PDF vol. 2 PDF vol. 3 PDF vol. 4 PDF
1/501 Faröe Raven (perhaps quoted)
1/538 Rooks varying much in beaks 1/569 Eggs of Magpie do
2/483 doubts about the Motacillas
3/17 bk of wren variable 3/36 do of creeper 3/187 scutellum in Buzzard do
3/225 Sea-eagle variation in snipe of Tracheæ,– intestine Cœca &c &c
4/89 remark var. in Beak of Plover 206 in Turiga 370 in Snipes
4/655 vars. in internal vigors. 687 tail-feathers of Swans.
Bechstein Natur 1/432 2 vars of Chamois inhabiting different height
Bechstein, Johann Matthäus ed. 1801-1805. Gemeinnützige Naturgeschichte Deutschlands nach allen drey Reichen. 2d ed. 4 vols. Leipzig: Ernsius. CUL-DAR.LIB.31 (1801): vol. 1 PDF
1/1095 difference in upland & lowland Hares
Gärtner Bastarderzeugung p 578 2 sp of Hyosciamus proved the same p 699 H. agrestis = pallidus.
Gärtner, Carl Friedrich. 1849. Versuche und Beobachtungen über die Bastarderzeugung im Pflanzenreich. Stuttgart. CUL-DAR.LIB.209 PDF
Hooker Himalaya 1/257 Cedar of Lebanon & Deodar
Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1854. Himalayan journals, or, Notes of a naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, &c. 2 vols. London: John Murray. [vol. 1 inscribed] CUL-DAR.LIB.290 vol. 1 A945.1 PDF vol. 2 A945.2 PDF
1/302 a judge will tell whence Elephant has come.
Kirby 3/766 var. in colouring of chrysalis
Kirby, William and Spence, William. 1815-1826. An introduction to entomology. 4 vols. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green. [vol. 1, 3d ed.; vol. 2, 2d ed.; vols. 3-4, 1st ed.] CUL-DAR.LIB.337 vol. 1 PDF vol. 2 PDF vol. 3 PDF vol. 4 PDF
Waterhouse Marsup. 47 var. or species Echidna in Tasmania; 131 do Kangaroo other vars 293, 302, 424
—194. var in molar teeth — 214 local var. w. coast
Waterhouse, George Robert. 1841. The natural history of Marsupialia or pouched animals. Edinburgh. W. H. Lizars. vol. 11 of "Mammalia". (The Naturalist's Library, vol. II.) [inscribed] CUL-DAR.LIB.663 PDF
— Rodents p 106, 111 marked var in population of Hares, 161 in Cavy
Waterhouse, George Robert. [1856.] Zoological geography. Mammiferous animals: orders Rodentia and Ruminantia. (from: Alexander Keith Johnston ed., The physical atlas of natural phenomena. London: Johnston, pp. 91-93, Plate 28 & tables.) [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 19] PDF
— — 467 vars of Porcupine in Java, Borneo, Sumatra.
Wollaston on sp. 61 a form wh is var in England is Typical on Continent
70 on difficulty of distinguish vars & sp. in Madeira (shown by subsequent changes)
133 vars of shells is each distinct (88) & we know how species crossed to each isld
Jones Bermuda p 43 variation in tail-feathers of snipe (probable)
Pamph 4to 45/391 Asa Gray vittæ varying in Archangelica. generic character
49/185 Lubbock on variation in muscles of Larvæ
Downing 248 on variation of wild Vines & Hickory (when carefully attended to)
Downing, Andrew Jackson. 1845. The fruits and fruit trees of America. London: Wiley & Putnam. CUL-DAR.LIB.157 PDF
Pamph. 8vo 79/254 Forbes shells colours less at great depths
Forbes, Edward. 1851. Report on the investigation of British marine zoology by means of the dredge. Part I. The infra-littoral distribution of marine Invertebrata on the southern, western, and northern coasts of Great Britain. Report of the twentieth meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science; held at Edinburgh in July and August 1850. London: John Murray, pp. 192-263. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 79] PDF
8vo Pamph 89/10 Blyth on corvus corone cornix — Indian crow varying with white
Blyth, Edward. 1855. Report on a zoological collection from the Somali country. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 24: 291-306. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 91] PDF
— 126/40 Fournet vars of astacus habituated to own water, cannot be transported. 36 Alpine vars.
Fournet, Joseph-Jean-Baptiste. 1853. Recherches sur la distribution et sur les modifications des caractères de quelques animaux aquatiques du bassin du Rhone. (Extrait d'un Traité sur la Géographie physique du bassin du Rhône, lu à la Société impériale d'agriculture de Lyon, dans la séance du 6 mai 1853) [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 126] PDF
— 139 Extra joint to toe common variation in genus of Ourangs
Blyth, Edward. 1855. Report of Curator, Zoological Department, for July, 1855. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 24: 469-481. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 139] PDF
— 155 F. Smith some good facts on variation in Formicidæ
Smith, Frederick. 1854. Essay on the genera and species of British Formicidæ. [Read 4 December.] Transactions of the Entomological Society of London n.s. 3 (1854-6): 95-(112)135. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 155] PDF
— 162 Lubbock on variation in nervous system in Cossus
Lubbock, John. 1858. On the digestive and nervous system of Coccus hesperidum. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 9: 480-486. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 162] PDF
— 176 Guide Z. Gardens Variation in mane of Lion
Mitchell, David W. 1859. Guide to the gardens of the Zoological Society of London. Corrected according to the present arrangement of the Gardens, by Philip Lutley Sclater, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S., Late Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, &c. &c. &c., Secretary to the Society. 23d ed. London: Bradbury & Evans. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 176] PDF
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Flourens Long. 184 Definition of Species Succession.
Flourens, Marie Jean-Pierre. 1854. De la longévité humaine et de la quantité de vie sur le globe. Paris: Garnier. CUL-DAR.LIB.193 PDF
Ray R. Z. 1845 p. 234 on 3 forms of same species of Papilio
Ray Society. 1845. Reports on the progress of zoology and botany 1841, 1842. Edinburgh. Ray Society. (Contributions by Bonaparte, Charles-Lucien, Erichson, W. F., Link, Heinrich Friedrich, Siebold, C. Th. E. von, Troschel, F. H., Wagner, J. A.) [Darwin Library-CUL] CUL-DAR.LIB.771 PDF
do Bot 1846 p. 58 Ranges of Sessile & P. Oak
Ray Society. 1846. Reports and papers on botany. Edited by Arthur Henfrey. London: Ray Society. (Contributions by Mohl, Nageli, Link, Grisebach) CUL-DAR.LIB.770 PDF
Col. H. Smith 9/136 Siberian wolves var. distinct from European 148 vars of do in each country
do 10/248 Races of Fox.
Annals 1/413 Lacerta passing oviparous viviparous in Scotland, ask Bell
Stork, J. 1838. Zootica vivapara. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 1: 413. PDF
" 2/227 Cope & Nubian Giraffes vars.
Owen, Richard. 1839. Anatomy of the giraffe. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 2: 227-228.
" 6/30 local vars. of Helix
Thompson, William. 1840. Catalogue of the land and freshwater Mollusca of Ireland. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6: 16-34.
" 6/440 Thompson on var. in Char, sexes differ in one case & not in another.
Thompson, William. 1840. Notes on British Char, Salmo Umbla, Linn., S. Salvenlinus, Don. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 no. 34: 439-450. CUL-DAR.LIB.722 PDF
" 7/266 Jenyns. caudal vertebra variable in Shrews — intestines in Arvicola — Gall Bladder size & where correlated analogous variation.
Jenyns, Leonard. 1841. Notes on some of the smaller British Mammalia, including the description of a new species of Arvicola, found in Scotland. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7: 261-276. [Natural selection]
" 8/11 eggs darker & smaller of Thrush in Hebrides. Macgillivray — Red Deer smaller
MacGillivray, John. 1842. Notes on the Zoology of the Outer Hebrides. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8: 7-16.
" 8/426 carrion & common crows 428
Thompson, William. 1842. The birds of Ireland. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8: 273-288, 406-430, 486-502, 11: 283-290.
" 9/58 nails in Simian varying
Brooke, James. 1842. [Letter to Waterhouse on Mias (orangutans)]. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9: 54-59. [Natural selection]
" 9/72 gradation Viola lutea & tricolor — Babington 10/105 gives character of violets
Seton, Alexander. 1842. Remarks on the affinities subsisting among Viola lutea, arvensis, and tricolor. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9: 72.
Babington, Charles Cardale. On the characters of the British violets. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10: 100-105.
" 8/156 Primrose & Cowslip p. 515
" 12/254 Difference in voice in Partridge of Scotland & Ireland.
" 12/421 Tail-feathers in Scolopax (I think in Bermuda Book)
" 12/450 vars, of Beluta. Watson
" 16/363 Rubi changing under cultivation — quote my Myosotis with Buckman.
" 19/45 & 162 on close species of Treron not var?!
" 20/352 Gray encasement of skulls in Hystrix showing variation
" 20/361 Important variation is pod of Conifer
" 20/430 rudimentary rib in Polecat
" 13/123 (2d S.) numerous doubtful species & vars in Ceylon
" 8/231 (2d S) albumen var. in seeds of Salicornia (whether allied to differ in order & more seeds of Umb. & Compositæ.
" 9/156 (2d S) Plant sub-dioicous in England & not in America
" 11/342 (2d S) Lava Toads & Frogs producing young without tadpoles
" 12/352 (2d S) Gray on variation of Skulls in Sloths.
" 15/65 (2d S) Gray on do in skeleton of Sus
" 15/162 (2d) Japan Birds very close species.
" 15/431 (2d S) Black-cop in Madeira Var.
" 16/239 (2d S) on change of sex in individual willow
Linn Journ 1/130 Aestivation important character variable. Asa Gray.
do 2/35 important character var. Bentham.
Loudon's Mag 5/346 Henslow variable cotyledon of Sycamore
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Transact Ent. Soc. vol. 2. 1864 Part I p. 4 & 9 variability in Antennæ & spicas of legs in Lucanus corvus
Swinhoe Birds of Formosa & mammals of China — many variations Geograph.
37 birds of China individual variability in 200 specimens
8vo Pamph 331 Walsh p 288 on difference of larvæ & imago
p 295-7, p 298 species passing into races
332 do on Phytographie var & sp.
335 do on some remarkable structural variations. p. 228 do p. 230
336 do p. 220 Definition of species / p 239 do/ [remarkable structural variations]
338 & 568 variation in Habits
338 p. 639 on relation of cynips to certain galls
353 A. De Candolle on var. in nearness of leaves in allied species & on same tree
Proc. Zoolog Soc. 1863 P. I p. 95 Lord on musk-rat which differs only in habits & size from common form — is it species?
[J. K. Lord. 1863. Notes on two new species of mammals. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 31 no. 1: 95-96.]
1863 P. 2 p. 182 Blyth on vars of Lion in male sex
[E. Blyth. 1863. Synoptical list of the species of Felis inhabiting the Indian region and the adjacent parts of middle Asia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 31 no. 2: 181-186.]
Nat. Hist R. XVII 1865 p. 91 Molars of Hyena varying in one or 2 fangs
p.92 & other vars. in molars.
[W. Boyd Dawkins. 1865. On the dentition of Hyena spelæa, and its varieties with notes on the recent species. Natural History Review 2s 5 no. 17: 80-96.]
XVIII 1865 p. 231 on species & sub-species of M. Jordon, with experiment on their variability & permanence very good paper on five species.
Anon. 1865. [Review of] Jordan, Diagnoses d'espèces nouvelles ou méconnus. Natural History Review 2d ser. 5 no. 18: 226-242.]
4to Pamphlet no. 90 p. 6 Marcusen states that the Branchiostoma lubricans or Amphioxus Lanceolatus of Yarrell has sometime 1 eye & sometime 2.
[Marcou, Jules. 1862. Letter to M. Joachim Barrande, on the Taconic rocks of Vermont and Canada. Cambridge MA: Welch & Bigelow. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 272, Quarto 90] PDF]
Transact Linn. Soc. Vol. 25 Part. I. Wallace on Malay Lepidoptera Much grand matter, on &c &c Polymorphism. Local vars. p. 20 Mimetic forms — grand Paper, full of facts & Laws
[Wallace, Alfred Russel. 1865. On the phenomena of variation and geographical distribution as illustrated by the Papilionidæ of the Malayan Region. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 25 (part I): 1-71, pls. 1-8. [CUL-DAR.LIB.PER-U796] Text Image PDF]
Transact Ent. Soc. vol. 2 (3d series) part 6. [p. 453- M'Lachlan good on variability of Lepidoptera & on sexual variability — much good.
McLachlan, R. 1866. Observations on some remarkable varieties of Sterrha sacraria, Linn., with general notes on variation in Lepidoptera. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 3d ser. 2: 453-468, pl. XXIII. PDF
vol. 5 part 4. p. 330 to end on local vars. of Butterflies in Mauritius
4to Pamph (95) Claus on individual variability of Copepodae
Claus, Carl. 1866. Die Copepoden-Fauna von Nizza. Ein Beitrag zur Charakteristik der Formen und deren Abänderungen 'im Sinne Darwin's'. Marburg and Leipzig: N. G. Elwert'sche Universitäts-Buchhandlung. (from: Schriften der Gesellschaft zur Befoerderung der gesammten Naturwissenschaften zu Marburg.) [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 95] PDF
do (96
Annals & Mag of N. H. 1865 p. 138 Gray on variability of skulls of Bears & Manatees.
do p. 373 Smith on Worker Bees identical in allied species — the perfect sexes give character best
Kerner Cultur Alpenflanzen S. 2 Enumerates several alpine plants transformed by cultures on the ground.
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Gardeners Ch. 1860 p. 7 reference to remarkable modification on Orchids — perhaps sudden & inherited
1081 Decaisne has posed that Rubens only 2 species A German makes 238 species
1151 good quizzing of the number of fallen species which the modern Botanist have read for some of the commonest plants
Journal Linn. Soc. Vol. V 2d Suppl Bot. Part 1861 p. 4 Variability in position of ovules; & difference of same kind in allied form. Oliver
Quatrefages Unite p. 31 to 39 Ideas on species — Some trend to similarity, to some Descent.
p. 52 cases of plants cultivated by Decaisne which varied, showing how many forms ranked as species as not. I see I must insist if so many species are given up, why I give up all.
p. 152 On result of crossing Primrose & cowslip.
Audubon Quadruped p. 67 Deer becoming smaller further to the South
[J. J. Audubon and J. Bachman. 1846. The viviparous quadrupeds of North America. vol. 1. New York: J. J. Audubon.]
1143 In Swine graduated variation & Local vars. good. p. 266 do. 272
252 Variation in Mink according to Latitude
Rütimeyer changes in animals 22, 25, 57, 58, 60, 175.
in Plants 228.
[Rütimeyer, Ludwig. 1861. Die Fauna der Pfahlbauten der Schweiz. Basel: Schweighauser. CUL-DAR.LIB.552 PDF]
Nat. Hist. R. no. 6 p. 12. Cedars of Lebanon doubtful vars or species
do 75 Elephant of Sumatra & Ceylon
Goulds Trochildæ — well worth working up; has notes at end & References; very good case to take, as Birds vary so little, & considering Gould reputation &c &c.
[Gould, John. 1861. An introduction to the Trochilidae, or family of humming-birds. London: Taylor & Francis. [inscribed] CUL-DAR.LIB.230 PDF]
Timbal-Lagrave (8vo Pamph. 244) p. 17 on species varying in one country & not in another
[Timbal-Lagrave, Édouard. 1861. Etude sur quelques Cistes de Narbonne. Toulouse: Douladoure. (from: Memoires de l'Academie des Sciences de Toulous 5th ser. 5: 28-61.) [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 244] PDF]
Loven (8vo Pamph 247) on vars. of count in Lakes & sea different.
[Lovén, Sven Ludvig. 1861. Om några i Vettern och Venern Funna Crustaceer. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 18: 285-314. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 247] PDF]
Phil Transact. 1861 p. 570 Carpenter on great variability of Foraminifera reason why can be discovered — great range — Low beings ∴ good to give this as one instance — Divergent arrangements p. 575 — 583 vary according to depth, similarly in ancient periods — p. 585 — no advance of organization
Linn. Transact. Vol 23(60) Part I. p. 174 Lubbock on doubtful variations
do do part II p. 310 Hooker good on value of term species.
Linn. Journal Vol. VI. no. 22 — p. 71 Sclater on variation & crossing of Rats; common & absurd species
Nat. Hist. Rev. no. VI p. 62 p. 175 important variation in skeleton of Fish (& I think variability is a way anomalous structure)
Proc. Zoolog Soc. 1861 Part 2. p. 183 great variability of eggs of Piping Crab
Gard. Chronicle 1861 p. 218 … Stricture a seminal variety p. 266 do.
do do p. 1046 Immense variability of Ferns. p. 1113 do.
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Alp. Decandolle (8vo Pamph 248) on individual vars of Oaks, Sessile & Pedunculate Oaks generally on variations.
Candolle, Alphonse de. 1862. Etude sur l'espèce à l'occasion d'une révision de la famille des cupulifères. Bibliothèque Universelle et Revue Suisse. Archives des sciences physiques et Naturelles n.s. 15: 211-237, 326-365. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 248] PDF
p. 35 Intermedial vars. rare.
p. 48 antiquity of several ancient vars.
Scudder (8 Pam. 250) on representative & complemented species — variability; 2 forms of Lobias
Scudder, Samuel Hubbard. 1862. On the genus Colias in North America. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 9: 103-111. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 250] PDF
Jetteles (8 Pam. 254) on tail of mice varying greatly — disputed species
Jeitteles, Ludwig Heinrich. 1862. Prodromus faunae vertebratorum Hungariae superioris. Beiträge zur näheren Kenntniss der Wirbelthiere Ungarn's. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 12: 245-314. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 254] PDF
& (8 Pam. 266) admirable & many facts of important variation in F. W. Fishes.
Jeitteles, Ludwig Heinrich. 1861. Über die Süss-wasser-Arten der Fisch-Gattung Cottus: Beitrag zu einer wiederholten Revision dieses Genus. Archivio per la zoologia, l'anatomia e la fisiologia 1: 158-177. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 266] PDF
Claparède (4to Pamph. 71) number of testacles vary in worms, fixed in others, possesses & analogous variation — variable in individual & in species.
Claparède, Édouard. 1862. Recherches anatomiques sur les oligochètes. Geneva: Georg. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 71] PDF
Bates (Linn. Transact. Vol. 23. Part 3. p. 497. Grand paper on Origin of Species.
Bates, Henry Walter. 1862. Contributions to an insect fauna of the Amazon valley. Lepidoptera: Heliconidae. [Read 21 November 1861.] Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 23: 495-566. PDF
Blandford do do p. 605 On immense variability in shell Tanalia
p. 609 intermedial vars rare so with Decandolle on Oaks — so Bates
[Henry F. Blandford. On the specific identity of the described forms of Tanalia. Read 19 June 1862.]
Bechstein acclimat (31 only?) p. 468 Rear of ostriches wild differ from each district.
Transact. Entomolog. Soc. Vol. V. Part VI. p. 227. on variability of Butterflies different in different place.
[Alexander Wallace. 1865. Ailanthiculture; or, the prospect of a new English Industry.]
P. 8 p. 352. Bates paper read separately & his Glacial Portfolio
[Henry Walter Bates. 1865. Descriptions of fifty-two new species of Phasmidæ fom the collection of Mr. W. Saunders, with remarks on the family. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 25: 321-359, pls. 44-46.]
Proc. Zoolog. Soc 1858 p. 150 Sclater on var. of Beaks of Hawks.
[Philip Lutley Sclater. 1858. Note on the variation of the form of the upper mandible in a rapacious bird. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 26: 150.]
p. 342 on variation of Tympanum, but from conversaion I don't think I understand.
[Albert Günther. 1858. On the systematic arrangement of the tailless Batrachians and the structure of Rhinophrynus dorsalis. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 26: 339-352.]
p 394 do see to this
[Albert Günther. 1858. On the geographical distribution of reptiles. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 26: 373-398.]
[Proc. Zoolog. Soc] 1862 p. 136 Dr Crisp on Gall Gladder varying
[Edward Crisp. 1862. On the situation, form, and capacity of the gall-bladder in the vertebrata, etc.]
Nat. Hist, R P. IX. p. 66. on geograph Race of Elephant fossil, & whole paper
[S. Schlegel. 1862. The Sumatran elephant. Natural History Review 2d ser. 2 no. 5: 72-78.]
p. 74 do & p. 76, 78, 79, p 81 91 811 Living Elephants good.
p. 86. p. 100 good
Isid Geoffroy 3/322 to 377 var. of wild species with changed habitation
324 Black Panther common in Java 328, 332, 335 Leeches 342
p. 402 changes in naturalised Helix; 407 in stages
I must look through Index of volume of Lecoq & Vauclair. 2 later vols of G. Ch. [Gardeners' Chronicle]
Zoolog. Proc 1860 (a) p. 173 same sp. hibernating in our region & not in hotter.
p 47 variations going by laws in whole groups.
Hackel (8vo Pamph 318) on individual variability of Crustacean good.
Haeckel, Ernst. 1864. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Corycaeiden. Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft 1: 61-112, pls. I-III. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 318] PDF
D Christ (8vo Pamph 319) variability of Pinus sylvestris — well-known tree
Christ, H. 1864. Beiträge zur Kenntniss europäischer Pinus-Arten III: Die Formen der Pinus sylvestris L. des Ober-Engadin. Flora 47: 146-158, 1 pl. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 319] PDF
Proc. Royal Soc. XIII no. 65 p 299 Great variability in numbers of Man
Nat. Hist R. no XII p. 50 3 Australian vars of species of Plants found in Europe
Gard Chronicle 1863 p. 101 on Trueness of wild vars.
Nat. Hist R XIV p 207 two vars of Badger in E. Siberia one of higher Steppes woodland
Mem all Swinhoe's cases. see no XIII of review
Journal Geol. Soc no 75 p. 271 Dawkins on variability in teeth of fossil Rhinoceros.
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