RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. [Abstract of 8vo Pamphlet]. CUL-DAR75.68. 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. RN1

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volumes CUL-DAR 72-75 contain Darwin's abstracts of scientific books and journals.


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8vo Pamphlet

159 Dana on Azoic Rock in America

14 [textra porphery] during Silurian & Carb. periods

17, 19 Imperfection of N. American Geological record

28 Leidy has described Cretacean Cetacea

Latham 146, 147 On Classification in Languages by descent/

141 bis on extinction of intermedial vars (1853)

Naudin – on crosses of the two Stramonium's – Do not cross by insects – On Reversions

p 9 Petunia not crossing by insects.

Lubbock p 7 on variation in nervous system of coccus

Icebergs in S. Hemisphere size – course & rate of Journey

Cline p. 6 on wonderful difference of weight of skull of Ram with or without Horns

13 Sheep of Lincolnshire wd starve on Welch mountains

Asa Gray p. 119 On Highest & Lowness

123 on action of pollen on fruit itself

124 Land & F. W. Mollusca of Greenland (7 land)

170 Asa Gray 442 On plants cultivated by Aborigines of N. America

171 Buffon p 11 on changes which some plants undergo by comparison with old [Daisys]

174 Huxley Pyrosomes (p 3) in fact dichogamous

175 Wilde on Irish Cattle p 45 increase in size since old Period

45-55 changes in Breeds

Guide Zoolog Garden p 4 good on Bower bird ornamenting [its] passage

11 Crane breeding p 12 do

20 variation in mane of Lion

26 Iceland Jer Falcon apparently distinct from Greenland & common F.

Sclater p. 3 on representative Parrot in W. Indies islands.

Staunton – confined locations of Butterflies – [Machasm] inhabiting sites in England & Germany

Sclater & Wallace on nos. of sp of Birds &c square mile

A. Murray 3 to 11 very good cases of Insects resembling spots on which they live

20 Cave Insects

21 W. Beetle same in N. Zealand & Britain

Jeffreys 1.2 Greenland shells all same as British with few Geol vars

[Philippines] catalogue defective from many recent 1/2 found fossil

Jeffrey 1. apparently case of very aberrant organ variable

4 popular error that deep-water shell colourless

7 Ammonia filling up [illeg] when attacked by byssus of Mussels

Blyth (A) p 13, 14 Felis [illeg] a fishing cat the young dabble with water

p. 22 Buceros plasstering up female in tree


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