RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Pamphlets 8vo. CUL-DAR75.70. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

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210 Blyth p. 10, 11 cases of Birds wandering far from their native homes.

Blyth, Edward. 1859. Report of Curator, Zoological Department, for September, 1859. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 28: 411-419. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 210] PDF

211 Newberry on 60 sp. of Dicots in Challk of N. America — on parallel changes of vegetation in successive ages in Old & New world

Newberry, John Strong. 1860. Notes on the ancient vegetation of North America. American Journal of Science and Arts 2d ser. 29: 208-218. [inscribed: 'Sir Chas Lyell with the respects of J. S. Newberry'][Darwin Pamphlet Collection 211] PDF

p 217 Always a continent where America now stands & in other words is same formerly as now.

212 Collingwood on Representation form

Collingwood, Cuthbert. 1860. On homomorphism or organic representative form. Proceedings of the Liverpool Literary and Philosophical Society 14: 181-216. [inscribed "Charles Darwin Esq with the Author's Compts."][Darwin Pamphlet Collection 212] PDF

p. 7 Narwhal & Swordfish (?) Various cases

p. 13 Remarks that representative form have similar habits, if true, explain which case.

p. 30 do.

214 Ollier (p. 7) shows that bone can be grafted from order to order their affinity showing

Ollier, Louis Xavier Édouard Léopold. 1859. De la production artificielle des os au moyen de la transplantation du périoste et des greffes osseuses. Comptes Rendus des Scéances et Mémoire lu à la Société de Biologie 2d ser. 5 145-162. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 214] PDF

218 Schaafhauser p 437. Brown remarks 8 times as many fossils known in Europe, as in rest of whole world.-

Schaaffhausen, Hermann. 1853. Ueber Beständigkeit und Umwandlung der Arten. Verhandlungen des Naturhistorischen Vereines der preussischen Rheinlande und Westphalens 10: 420-451. (bound with manuscript translation of the section discussing the development of organic life) [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 218] PDF

221 Wollaston p. 2 Snake at St. Vincent

Wollaston, Thomas Vernon. 1861. Coleoptera from the Island of St. Vincent. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3d ser. 7: 90-103, 197-206, 246-253. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 221] PDF

p. 7 Calosoma widely distributed & good flyer.

222 L. Reeve p. 22 distribution of recent Terebratulae

Reeve, Lovell. 1861. A revision of the history, synonymy, and geographical distribution of recent Terebratulae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3d ser. 7: 169-190. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 222] PDF

223 Bowen p 83 Definition of Instinct

Bowen, Francis. 1861. Observations upon instinct. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 5: 82-89. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 223] PDF

229 Davidson p. 58 on enormous range of same species in Carb. period

Cramer, Carl. 1878. Ueber hochdifferenzirte ein- und wenigzellige Pflanzen. Vortrag gehalten in der Naturforsch. Gesellschaft Zürich. Vierteljahrsschrift der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Zürich 23 (4): 400-407. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 2295] PDF

230 Marcou p. 371 Jaconic system 25, to 30,000 ft. thick: Barrande's primordial fauna clearly traced in N. America.

Barrande, Joachim. 1860. On the primordial fauna and the taconic system; with additional notes by Jules Marcou. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 7 (December). [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 230] PDF

232 Wallich. on depth at which animals live.

Wallich, George Charles. 1860. Notes on the presence of animal life at vast depths in the sea. Notes on the presence of animal life at vast depths in the sea, with observations on the Nature of the sea bed, as bearing on submarine telegraphy. London: Taylor and Francis. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 232] PDF

233 Newton - Hybrid Ducks in nature between genera.

Newton, Alfred. 1860. On some hybrid ducks. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 6: 336-339, 2 pls. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 233] PDF

p. 4 variable Hybrids.

235 Brongniart p. 122. Annal des Sc. Case of imperfection of structures ovule so placed as not to get pollen. Autumn-flowering Gorze &c

Brongniart, Alexandre. 1831. Observations sur le mode de fécondation des Orchidées et des Cistinées. Annales des Sciences Naturelles 24 (October): 113-130. (whole issue) [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 235] PDF

p. 156 Girm de Buzs. differences in flowers &c & of the two sexes.

236 Trautschold: minute Pteropods in under Silurian beds.

Trautschold, Hermann Adolfovich. 1861. Übergänge und Zwischenvarietäten. (from: Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 33 (1860): 519-30.) Moscow: Buchdruckerei der kaiserlichen Universität. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 236] PDF

240 Pictet: admirable paper on Cephalopods — differences & variation in successive frontiers — Migrations very strong — Isthmus between

Pictet de la Rive, François Jules. 1861. Note sur la succession des mollusques céphalopodes pendant l'époque crétacée dans la région des Alpes suisses du Jura. (Tiré des Archives des sciences de la Bibliothèque universelle Avril 1861.). [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 240] PDF

241 Annals p 145. Monkey endemic in Batchian!

Gray, John Edward. 1860. Descriptions of new species of salamanders from China and Siam. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3d ser. 5: 151-152. (whole issue) [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 241] PDF

243 Morton — Cross of two Hares — Genera crossing.

Morton, Samuel George. 1850. Letter to the Rev. John Bachman, D.D., on the question of hybridity in animals, considered in reference to the unity of the human species. Charleston: Walker & James. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 243] PDF

244 Timbal-Laguna — On wild crosses of Cistus & p. 20 (see whole paper good evidence)

Timbal-Lagrave, Édouard. 1861. Etude sur quelques Cistes de Narbonne. Toulouse: Douladoure. (from: Memoires de l'Academie des Sciences de Toulous 5th ser. 5: 28-61.) [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 244] PDF

245 W. B. Clarke. New Zealand Oceanic & not solely volcanic

Clarke, William Branwhite. 1861. On some recent geological discoveries in Australasia, and the correlation of the Australian formations with those of Europe. Philosophical Society of New South Wales. 2d ed. Sydney: Cook. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 245] PDF

p 31 New Caledonia do

p. 11. all Tertiary stages in Australia

p 12 Banksia & Casuarina bears on Geograph. Distrib.

p. 15, 29 Geology of N. Zealand

p 17 New Guinea

p 32 Australia not so poor Geographically p. 49 do

p. 55 Moraines New Zealand

248 A. Decandolle on ancient range of Beech

Candolle, Alphonse de. 1862. Etude sur l'espèce à l'occasion d'une révision de la famille des cupulifères. Bibliothèque Universelle et Revue Suisse. Archives des sciences physiques et Naturelles n.s. 15: 211-237, 326-365. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 248] PDF

p. 38 on Distribution

p 48 antiquity of vars.

p. 60 On achenia of no use — useless structures good


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