RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of 8vo Pamphlets. CUL-DAR75.66. 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. RN3
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102 Owen on Lepidosiren annectens
Owen, Richard. 1840. Description of the Lepidosiren annectens. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 18(3) (June): 327-361, pls. XXIII-XXVII. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 102] [Abstract in CUL-DAR205.5.81] PDF
104 Collenso p. 51 spots in N. Zealand wholly covered with naturalized plants
Colenso, William. 1844. Journal of a naturalist in some little known parts of New Zealand by William Colenso, Esq., in a letter to Sir W. J. Hooker. London Journal of Botany 3: 1-62. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 104] PDF
106 Andresson — (letter on savages pairing particular animals)
Anderson, Charles John. 1855. Explorations in South Africa, with the Route from Walfisch Bay to Lake Ngami. Journal of the Royal Geographical Society 25: 79-107. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 106] PDF
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
Harvey, Alexander. 1851. On a remarkable effect of cross-breeding. Edinburgh: Blackwood. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 108] PDF
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
Oldham, Thomas. 1850. Address to the anniversary meeting of the Geological Society of Dublin. Dublin: Oldham. (from: Proceedings of the Geological Society of Dublin.) [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 109] PDF
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
110 Anecdote of Dogs — p 24 St Bernard Dog tracking on snow (not good authority
Anon. 1850. Anecdotes of dogs. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 110]
111 Agassiz on Distribution p 188 argues against original pairs
Agassiz, Louis. 1850. Geographical distribution of animals. Christian Examiner and Religious Miscellany 4th ser. 13: 181-204. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 111] PDF
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
Adams, Charles Baker. 1852. Hints on the geographical distribution of animals, with special reference to the Mollusca. (Reprinted from Adams, [1849-1852]. Contributions to conchology. London and New York.) [inscribed by Lyell][Darwin Pamphlet Collection 112] PDF
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
Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1852. On the climate and vegetation of the temperate and cold regions of East Nepal and the Sikkim-Himalaya Mountains. Journal of the Horticultural Society 7: 69-131. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 113] PDF
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
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
116 Teschemacher p. 88 on maize with husks yielding naked maize
Teschemacher, James Englebert. 1842. Some specimens of corn (zea mays) from Texas, and some minerals from Iowa. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 1: 87-88. (whole issue) [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 116] PDF
119 Owen p 32 on occasional rudimentary Molar in Trichecus
Lyell, Charles. 1843. On the tertiary strata of the island of Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts. Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 4: 31-33. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 119] PDF
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.
Gérard, Frédéric. 1844. De l'espèce dans les corps organisés. (extract from: d'Orbigny, ed., Dictionnaire universel d'histoire Naturelle , vol. 5, pp. 428-452.) [3 copies, one marked 'à Monsieur Hooker père, hommage de l'auteur' and 'C Darwin Esq, from JDH'; the other marked 'Given me by Dr Lindley'; the third recorded as 'bought' in CUL-DAR119] [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 121] PDF
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 Fournet p 33 Frogs preserved alive in glaciers (N. Zealand) — eggs killed by 50° centigrade
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
p 36 vars 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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