RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of 8vo Pamphlets. CUL-DAR75.75. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and John van Wyhe, edited by John van Wyhe 5.2021, 9.2025. RN
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8vo Pamphlets Abstract
427. Wallace. Philosophy of Birds nest. — good as showing in goatsucker that instinct governed by structures.
Wallace, Alfred Russel. 1867. The philosophy of birds' nests. Intellectual Observer 11 (6): 413-420. CUL-DAR133.12.1/[Darwin Pamphlet Collection 427] Text Image PDF
428 Müller p. 41-58 very few insects feed on cryptogamic plants, excepting Fungi
Möller, L. 1867. Die Abhängigkeit der Insecten von ihrer Umgebung: Mit einer geognostischen Übersichtskarte des Kreises Mühlhausen. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 428] PDF
p. 43 –400 insects depend on the Oak
p. 69 Caterpillars feeding on certain parts a kind of plant became coloured like them.
430 Packard p. 287 Bombus moult 10 times during metamorphosis
Packard, Alpheus Spring Jr. 1866. Observations on the development and position of the Hymenoptera, with notes on the morphology of insects. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 10: 279-295. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 430] PDF
293 Neuroptera differ greatly — a Broken order; geology ages of orders
McDonnell, Robert. 1860. Description of the Lepidosiren annectens. Natural History Review 7 (April): 93-112. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 293] PDF
Hymenoptera appeared later viz monozoic
433 Hennefrig on Portuguese Plants in Ireland having been introduced by man?? & in climate being similar
Hennessy, Henry. 1867. On the formation of ground ice in the bed of the river Dodder. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 10: 52-60. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 433] PDF
435 Goodman on Birds of Azores — Wanderers — good
Godman, Frederick Du Cane. 1866. Notes on the birds of the Azores. Ibis 8: 88-109, pl. III. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 435] PDF
437 Latham, on order in which plants occupied newly disturbed Land Struggle for existence
Hurst, Henry Alexander and Carter, George. 1867. On plants appearing in successive years on land prepared for plantations, in Cheshire. [Read 2 December.] Proceedings of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester 7 (1867-8): 62-66. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 437] PDF
438 Sclater on Distrib of Barbets
Sclater, Philip Lutley. 1867. Barbets, and their distribution. Intellectual Observer 11 (November): 241-246, 1 pl. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 438] PDF
p. 242 All Birds that nest in holes lay white Eggs — good
440 Rolleston History of the Cats quotes Benedin, the beings of a Fauna are solidaires like the organ of one body
Rolleston, George. 1867. On the domestic cats, Felis domesticus and Mustela foina, of ancient and modern times. Journal of Anatomy and Physiology 2: 47-61. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 440] PDF
442 Baily on fossil Silurian & Devonian plants in Iceland
Baily, William Hellier. 1866. Fossil plants from the south of Ireland. Proceedings of the Natural History Society of Dublin 5: 41-45. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 442] PDF
450 Scudder difficulties in structure of male cricket according to nat. selection
Scudder, Samuel Hubbard. 1868. Considerations drawn from the study of mole crickets. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 11: 384-387. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 450] PDF
456 Hilgendorf on Planorbis multiformis — ought to be translated
Hilgendorf, Franz Martin. 1866. Über Planorbis multiformis im Steinheimer Süßwasserkalk. Monatsberichte der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin (1866): 474-504, 1 pl. (2 copies) [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 414, 456] PDF
457 Rolleston on complex modifications of old muscles for special purposes
Rolleston, George. 1868. Address in physiology. Delivered at the thirty-sixth annual meeting of the British Medical Association. London: T. Richards. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 457] PDF
459 Buist young male salmon breeding
Buist, Robert. 1866. The Stormontfield piscicultural experiments, 1853-1866. Edinburgh: Edmonston (Odds and Ends, 14). [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 459] PDF
464 Crolls pamphlets bearing on Glacial period & age of world
Croll, James. 1866. On the reason why the change of climate in Canada since the glacial epoch has been less complete than in Scotland. Transactions of the Geological Society of Glasgow 2: 138-141. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 464] PDF / PDF
465 Barrande on concentration, & intelligence of Silurian Pteropods
Barrande, Joachim. 1867. Systême silurien du centre de la Bohême. 1ère partie: Recherches paléontologiques. vol. 3 Classe des mollusques. Ordre des Ptéropodes. Prague and Paris: The author. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 465] PDF
466 do p. 23 gradation in [isolation] of species in Nautilus
Barrande, Joachim. 1867. Systême silurien du centre de la Bohême. 1ère partie: Recherches paléontologiques. vol. 2. Classe des mollusques. Ordre des Céphalopodes. Prague and Paris: The author. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 466] PDF
p. 26 Definition of species, most vague. according to pleasure
p. 27, 30 on extreme richness of life in very ancient periods
p 31, 35 on relation of N & S Fauna of Europe
p 34 Law of horizontal & vertical effusion
467 Saporta p. 11 Greenland crustaceous forms
Saporta, Louis Charles Joseph Gaston de. 1868. Caractères de l'ancienne végétation polaire, analyse raisonnée de l'ouvrage de M. Oswald Heer intitulé: Flora Fossilis Arctica. Paris: Masson. [inscribed][Darwin Pamphlet Collection 467] PDF
p 19 climate of [illeg] Polar Regions, seen whole, & on relations between Europe & America
469 Marsh, on metamorphoses of Siredon — showing manner of Transition from air to water Breather — & showing how species vary less abruptly change — Here allude to Cope! Pamphlet 8o (513) [Cope, Edward Drinker. 1868. On the origin of genera. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia 20: 242-300. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 513, 621] PDF]
Marsh, Othniel Charles. 1868. Observations on the metamorphosis of Siredon into Amblystoma. American Journal of Science and Arts 46: 364-374, 1 pl. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 469] PDF
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