RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of 8vo Pamphlets. CUL-DAR75.77. 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. RN3
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Abstract 8vo Pamphlets.
515 p. 57 H. Müller on Lepidoptera specially adapted to suck nectar
Müller, Hermann. 1869. Ueber die Anwendung der Darwin'schen Lehre auf Blumen und blumen-besuchende Insekten. [Read 18 May.] Verhandlungen des naturhistorischen Vereines der preussischen Rheinlande und Westphalens (Botanik, Correspondenzblatt) 26: 43-66, pl. IV. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 515] PDF
p. 63 (Delpino doubts)
p. 66 Have parasitic Bees pollen collecting apparatus?
516 Siebold p. 239 Polistes first-born ♀s small [illeg] & fertile, does this bear on production of workers; then unfertilized produce ♂s
Siebold, Carl Theodor Ernst von. 1870. Ueber die Parthenogenesis bei Polistes gallica. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie 20: 236-242. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 516] PDF
p 246 Pædogenesis production of young, whilst immature
517 Godron. Hist. of Hybrid Ægilops p. 10, 20.
Godron, Dominique Alexandre. 1870. Histoire des Aegilops hybrides. Nancy: Raybois. (Mémoires de l'Academie de Stanislas). [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 517] PDF
p. 29 26 generations!
p. 33 p. 18 manner in which the ear falls on ground, absolutely determines whether shall germinate — importance of small characters.
p. 43 on Hybrid returned to parent & yet very sterile, as Gärtner said.
p 56 one var (G. says species) produced by crossing different [illeg] from other vars. in respect to fertility
p 57 Hybrid Mimuli —
518 Ramsay, resumè of evidence of ancient Glacial deposits.
Ramsay, Andrew Crombie. 1865. Sir Charles Lyell and the glacial theory of lake-basins. London: Taylor and Francis. (from: Philosophical Magazine 29: 285-298.) [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 518] PDF
521 p 203 Speyer on larvæ of insect with Branchiæ
Speyer, Adolf. 1870. Ueber Setina aurita-ramosa und die Bildung montaner Varietäten. Entomologische Zeitung (Stettin) 31: 63-76. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 521, 602] PDF
p. 218 & 221 Genealogy- [illeg]
p. 220 on moths with rudimentary mouths-canal drink -differ no this useful seem within same genus, showing how quickly easily parts become rudimentary
p 222 Caterpillar of this Butterfly with Branchiæ & living near water? Anolog oxygen
522 Bates address — p. 16 On Limitations of species, without a Barriers something unexplained.
Bates, Henry Walter. 1870. Mr. Bates's address to the Entomological Society. Nature 1 (3 February): 357-358. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 522] PDF
524 Flower p 28 on evidence of Derivative from structure of feet in marsupials.
Flower, William Henry. 1870. Introductory lecture to the course of comparative anatomy, delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons of England, February 14, 1870. London: Churchill. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 524] PDF
p. 33 & 354 Analogy of Dog & Thylacinus in jaws
526 Kölliker, different kinds of Polyps on same stock.
Kölliker, Albert von. 1870. Pseudogorgia godeffroyi Köll. Würzburg: Stahel'schen Buchhandlung. (from: Verhandlungen der Physikalisch-medizinischen Gesellschaft zu Würzburg) [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 526] PDF
531 Gengenbaur on the Pterodactyl extinction of Vertebrata.
Gegenbaur, Carl. 1870. Ueber das Gliedmaassenskelet der Enaliosaurier. Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft 5: 332-349, pl. XIII. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 531] PDF
533 Marsh p. 5 on Cretaceous Birds in U. States
Marsh, Othniel Charles. 1870. Cretaceous birds and vertebrae of reptiles. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia 22: 5-6. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 533] PDF
Leidy, Joseph. 1870. Reptilian remains from the cretaceous formation near Fort Wallace. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia 1: 9-10. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 533] PDF
p. 10 Leidy conical Vertebræ in Plesiosaurus range from 24-81 in allied genus 72!
535 Hayden p. 163 List of Cretaceous plants of U. States
Hayden, Ferdinand Vandeveer. 1869. Geological report of the exploration of the Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers by Dr. F. V. Hayden, Assistant, under the direction of Captain (now Lieut. Col. and Brevet Brig. Gen.) W. F. Raynolds, Corps of Engineers, 1859-'60. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 535] PDF
p. 173 on order of changes of American & European Floras
536 Potts p. 3 New Zealand, eggs adapted in colour to ground — Birds becoming rarer or common
Potts, Thomas Henry. 1869. Notes on breeding habits of New Zealand birds. Wellington Philosophical Society, 3 pls. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 536] PDF
p. 10 extermination of Birds, causes of Introduced Birds victorious.
p. 19 variability in shape of two Birds nests
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