RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. [Abstracts of 8vo Pamphlets]. CUL-DAR75.64. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 5.2021. Corrections and editing by John van Wyhe 5.2025. RN2
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37 Hodgson – We meet in ascending [Hinalage], Gallus, Gallu-phasi & Phasiamus in order the intermediate one being intermediate in structure & Habits
[Hodgson, Brian Houghton. 1849. On the physical geography of the Himalayas. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 18: 761-788. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 37]]
47. Hooker on rarity of individuals & many species of Pine in Tasmania, & their confined ranges most genera widely ranging;
[Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1845. On the Huon pine, and on Microachrys, a new genus of Coniferae from Tasmania; together with remarks upon the geographical distribution of that order in the southern hemisphere. London Journal of Botany 4: 137-157, 1 pl. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 47] ]
p. 4 Distribution of Araucaria
48 Waterhouse on my Galapagos Insects
[Waterhouse, George Robert. 1845. Descriptions of Coleopterous insects collected by Charles Darwin, Esq., in the Galapagos Islands. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 16: 19-41. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 48] ]
49 Yarrell 30 American wandering Bird 36 case of wanderer from Africas, seen to be chased by Hawks
[Yarrell, William. 1845. Supplement to the History of British birds. London: John Van Voorst. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 49]]
52 Murchison (1843) p. 17 Ophiura is Silurian not / before in Lias lower than
[Murchison, Roderick Impey. 1843. Address delivered at the anniversary meeting of the Geological Society of London, on the 17th of February, 1843: Prefaced by the announcement of the award of two Wollaston Medals and the Donation Fund for the same year. London: Taylor. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 52]]
p 51 Silurian of Russia not metamorphosed
94 Animal not destroyed over world
[Roderick Impey Murchison. 1843. Address delivered at the anniversary meeting of the Geological Society of London.]
59 Waterhouse very important paper on Classification
[Waterhouse, George Robert. 1843. Observations on the classification of the Mammalia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12: 399-412. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 59]]
62 p. 8 Wilkinson on Breeding, older the perfection the more constant
[Wilkinson, John. 1820. Remarks on the improvement of cattle, &c. in a letter to Sir John Saunders Sebright, Bart. M.D. 3d ed. Nottingham: H. Barnett. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 62]]
p 38 Half-horned cattle, breed of established
63 Sir J. Sebright p. 7 insists as do all, on not taking a perfect animal to breed from without you know it is well bred
[Sebright, John Saunders. 1809. The art of improving the breeds of domestic animals, in a letter addressed to the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, K.B. London: Harding. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 63]]
p 10 assert Mr Meynel sometimes bred from brother & sister
13 says he has distinctly tried in many cases breeding in & in – yet no bigot against [illeg]
15 remarks that serene winter has all the good effect of the most careful selection is destroying all the weak & unhealthy – says separately animal good
18 says cannot unite two distinct breeds, has often tried.
(N.B. Pigs are exception to this C.D.)
64 Sebright on instinct. Wild Ducks
[Sebright, John Saunders. 1836. Observations upon the instinct of animals. London: Gossling & Egley. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 64]]
10 Rabbits so wild
11 Australia Dog always kept aloof from other Dogs – much good on Dogs
67 Smith of Jordon Hill p. 26 On Scotch Arctic Shells
[Smith, James. 1838. On the last changes in the relative levels of the land and sea in the British Islands. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal 25: 378-394. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 67] ]
32 on rate of wearing rocks
72 Strickland Report, Kaup Quinary System, quite distant from Swainson
[Strickland, Hugh Edwin. 1845. Report upon the recent progress and present state of ornithology. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 1844-45, pp. 170-221. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 72] ]
p 182 – In America 1500 miles off Ireland, yet wandering terrestrial Birds
p 184 most unusual for Bird to occur in 2 districts & not in identical
p 185 114 Birds common to Japan & Europe
p 191 Extraordinary representative of Australian Birds in N. Zealand
p 190 Instances of Goulds too close species
p 207 Statement that nothing intermediate between flying & sub-aquatic wing Logger-headed Duck
75 Lyells address (1851) p. 7 On immense increase of Barnacles Pal. Fossil – Silurian Faune very rich
[Lyell, Charles. 1851. Anniversary address of the President. London: R and J. Taylor. (from: Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 7: xxv-lxxvi.) [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 75]]
p 19 & 20 against successive Development
p 35 Probably 4 or 5 Revolutions of plants since Cretaceous Period.
36 & 39 [Flat] Fish highest
39 Coal Insects
p 42 on Forbes & Dunker F. W. Shells
p 45 trace of skin's mark in N. America Foot-joints
48 jaw of one of Stonesfield less inflected; hence probably placental
(Hence inflection not absolute; hence all Marsups descended from one parent in Oolitic period
p 52 very good Forbes on how many fossil founded on simple specimen or on few from one locality
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