RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of 8vo Pamphlets. CUL-DAR75.67. 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, 9.2025. RN2
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131 Mauduyt p. 8 on wolves crossing in state of nature (Q)
Mauduyt, Lubin. 1851. Du loup et de ses races ou variétés. Poitiers: Henri Oudin. (from: Bulletin de la Société académique d'agriculture, belles-lettres, sciences et arts, établie à Poitiers) [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 131] PDF
132 Selys Longchamp p. 5 Hybrids range alike of same parentage (n. Q)
Selys-Longchamps, Edmond de. 1845. Récapitulation des hybrides observés dans les Anatidées. Bulletin de l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique 12: 335-355. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 132] PDF
p 6 only 3 not quite sterile p 10 Hybrids larger than either parent various Hybrids of anser, count them? p 14 on origin of wild goose p 20 says all var of Duck fertile together (Q)
133 Zoolog Soc p 17 Hybrid Pharicum versicolor (Q)
Booth, Lionel, et al. 1855. Reports of the Council and auditors of the Zoological Society of London. London: Richard and John E. Taylor. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 133] PDF
135 Owen p 38 on only crests bones varying from muscles p 40 do
Owen, Richard. 1855. On the anthropoid apes, and their relations to man. [Read 9 February.] Notices of the Proceedings at the meetings of the members of the Royal Institution of Great Britain 2: 26-41. (whole issue) [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 135] PDF
136 Huxley p 11 on few orders lost
Huxley, Thomas Henry. 1855. On certain zoological arguments commonly adduced in favour of the hypothesis of the progressive development of animal life in time. [Read 20 April.] Notices of the Proceedings at the meetings of the members of the Royal Institution of Great Britain 2: 82-85. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 136] Text
p 4 versus Agassiz Homocercal Tait &c
137 Lyell p 11 on ancient isothermal lines being same formerly in Asia as now
Lyell, Charles. 1855. On certain trains of erratic blocks on the western borders of Massachusetts, United States. Notices of the Proceedings at the Meetings of the Royal Institution 2: 86-97. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 137] PDF
139 Blytt Report p. 12 Introduced mammals of Mauritius
Blyth, Edward. 1855. May meeting. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 24: 359-363. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 139] PDF
140 — Extra phalax to the common variability to genus
Blyth, Edward. 1855. Further remarks on the different species of Orang-utan. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 24: 518-528. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 140] PDF
142 Targioni p 6 origin of Barley Rye Oats unknown — Carrots, Parsnips, [Cabbage] Celery, Asparagus Sea Kale Known
Bentham, George. 1855. Historical notes on the introduction of various plants into the agriculture and horticulture of Tuscany: a summary of a work entitled Cenni storici sulla introduzione di varie piante nell'agricultura ed orticultura Toscana. By Dr. Antonio Targioni-Tozzetti. Florence 1850. Journal of the Horticultural Society of London 9: 133-81. [inscribed "Charles Darwin Esq from the Author", under which Hooker added "George Bentham JDH"][Darwin Pamphlet Collection 142] PDF
Bentham clearly believes in much change p 30 origin of Cherries & 31 Plums 42 Oranges — 47 Lilac
144 Orton on Breeding p. 9 Progeny of Manx cats, tailless goes with males
Orton, Reginald. 1855. On the physiology of breeding. Two lectures, delivered to the Newcastle Farmers' Club. 2d ed. Sunderland. [annotated][Darwin Pamphlet Collection 144]
p 11 difference in size of male in reciprocal crosses of Ducks
145 Review of Alp DeCandolle p 10 good summary
Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1856. [Review of] Alphonse de Candolle, Géographie botanique raisonnée. London Journal of Botany 8: 54-64, 82-92, 112-121, 151-157, 181-91, 214-219, 248-256. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 145]
p 27 on Bearded & Beardless wheat being a generic difference p 28 good remarks on aggregation being less good for new form as far isolation as supposed to be 32 good remarks on classification 34 Upsets D.C. doctrine of says Families bring wider varying species
149 Hill Port Royal — Parrots never breed in Jamaica
Hill, Richard. 1855. A week at Port-Royal. Montego Bay [Jamaica]: The Cornwall Chronicle Office. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 149] PDF
p 8 Porphyrio breeding p 42 Pea fowl became feral
151 Woodward p 4 Panopæa instance of range depending on antiquity; or when species now scattered over world, reason to believe they once existed in intermediate traits
Woodward, Samuel Peckworth. 1855. On Panopaea Aldrovandi, Lam. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 23: 218-221. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 151] PDF
152 Owen p. 3 On embryonic Ruminants resembling Pachyderm in any characters on classification of the two groups astro & perisso — dactyli Ungulate
Owen, Richard. 1856. On the ruminant quadrupeds and the aboriginal cattle of Britain. Notices of the Proceedings at the Meetings of the Members of the Royal Institution 2: 256-261. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 152] PDF
153 Watson Azores — nothing particular.
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
154 Proc. Royal Soc. of Mauritius p. CXXXV Red Cranes alone free from disease
Bouton, Louis Sulpice. 1852-1853. Reports to the anniversary meeting of the society. Transactions of the Royal Society of Arts and Sciences of Mauritius 114-214. 'Climate and plant growth' [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 154]
p. CXLIII on rapid spread of certain plants in Mauritius not dates
155 F. Smith. Formicidæ good about variation.
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
156 Buckman — most important changes in Plants for cultivation, with some selection, perhaps from Rosenia
Buckman, James. 1857. Report on the experimental plots in the Botanical Garden of the Royal Agricultural College at Cirencester. Report of the 27th meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, held at Dublin, pp. 200-15. [inscribed "With the authors compliments"][Darwin Pamphlet Collection 156] PDF
p 206 N. American plants a different [form] from same sp. in this country - 214 On Datura stramonium & Talula.-
157 Heusinger On colour & constitution & on Poison affecting coloured animals differently
Heusinger, Karl Friedrich. 1846. Ueber die verschiedenartige Wirkung gewisser äusserer Einflüsse auf verschieden gefärbte Thiere. Wochenschrift für die gesammte Heilkunde. 18: 277-283. [Darwin Reprint Collection 157] PDF
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