RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. [Abstract of 8vo Pamphlets]. CUL-DAR75.66. 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. RN2
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102 Owen on Lepidosiren annectens
104 Collenso p. 51 spots in N. Zealand wholly covered with naturalized plants
106 Andresson – (letter on savages pairing particular animals)
p 232 value Dogs at 2 oxen
p 317 on breeds of cattle in S. Africa 2 or 3 Pints of milk – uniform colour valued
108 Harvey on Cross-Breeding – p. 3 Ld Moretins cases & Sir G Owsely – cases in varichés
p. 11 inoculation theory
p 25 Effects of Mental impression influencing offspring
p 35 Strzelecki's case
109 Oldham quote Brown Life of species = 1.2 formation – two million species supposed to have existed
p 41 Barnacle has reduced 22 species under 13 genera to one Trilobite
p 43 on Lytonia existing even in Lias
p 53 During miocene age isthmus of Panama open
Anecdote of Dogs – p 24 St Bernard Dog tracking on snow (not good authority)
Agassiz on Distribution p 188 argues against original pairs
p 191 vars formerly [created]
p 191 on River Eurycea Fish
p 193 naturalized Fish in America
p 202 Arctic Fishes same
112 Adams p. 3 Melanidæ & Limmiadæ not same range in Plates – contrast Land & sea-mollusca in W. Indies
p 4 Analogous more [illeg] in adjacent zoolog Provinces, than in distant – gives instance
p 6 number of endemic species in proportion to size, very great in Mollusca; & so I shd think in Land – compare Madeira to Europe
113 Hooker Climate of Himalaya p 11 & 26 on seedlings different of Rhododendron, different from different height – 6 Rhod, epiglytical in in one place & not in another
p 49 Plants not influenced by change of atmospheric Pressure
p 49 change of colour & size of flower of Kew of the Rhododendron
114 Watson p 402 on plants on summit of Azores p 405 do
116 Jeschmacha p. 88 on maize with husks yielding naked maize
119 Owen p 32 on occasional rudimentary Molar in Trichenus
p 39 Lyell on age of several mammifer in N. America
121 Gerand p. 13 Little Bees of Burgundy change into large in La Bresse.
p 16 Cannabi satiros with opposed leaves has var, with alternate leaves
p 16 Knight has yet seeds from Hibiscus palmatus & vitifolius N. Z
22 Natural Hybrid between 2 Phaseoli
126 Tournet p 33 Frogs preserved alive in glaciers (N. Zealand) – eggs killed by 50° centigrade
p 36 var on Mountains
p 40 vars of [Erensse] – kinds habituated to its own kind of water & cannot be transported
p 43 Astacus increased greatly in Sweden since 1550
p 106 Salmon in Caspian
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