RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of 8vo Pamphlets. CUL-DAR75.78. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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539 Frauenfeld p. 6 Swarms of distinct sp. of antelopes & mica, migrating.
Frauenfeld, G. R. von. 1869. Über Massenerscheinungen namentlich im Thierreich. Schriften des Vereines zur Verbreitung naturwissenschaftlicher Kenntnisse in Wien. (12 March): 225. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 539] PDF
541 Delpino Fertilisation by insects in relation to G. Distribution.
Delpino, Federico. 1869. Alcuni appunti di geografia botanica a proposito delle tabelle fitogeografiche del prof. E. Hoffmann. Bollettino Della Società Geografica Italiana (1869): 273-315. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 541] PDF
p. 32 means of [dissemination]
p. 34 Position of capsules in relation to Distribution — good adaptations — generic character — Decandolle argues of not functional importance.
542 Ogles, cause of 5 stamen rudimentary in Scrophulariaceæ
Ogle, William. 1870. The fertilisation of certain plants (Didynamia). Popular Science Review 9 (January): 45-56, pl. LVI. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 542] PDF
544 Agassiz a. (p. 302) to 306-315 on representative sp. of Echinoderm on opposite sides of Panama
Agassiz, Alexander and Pourtalès, Louis François de. 1869. Contributions to the fauna of the Gulf Stream at great depths. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College, in Cambridge 3d ser. (1869): 253-386. (concluding report) [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 544] PDF
p. 369 L. Agassiz — thinks none of our strata deposited in very deep water — My conclusion constant at all times sure of elevation
p. 384 on order of succession in time & development of Corals
545 Allen p 188 on land Bears crossing Behring St
Allen, Joel Asaph. 1869. Catalogue of the mammals of Massachusetts, with a critical revision of the species. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College, in Cambridge [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 545] PDF
p 240 On G. Distrib p 248, 251-252.
546 Hagens p. 101 On mixed colonies of ant, perhaps bears on slavery
Hagens, Joseph von. 1867. Ueber Ameisen mit gemischten Colonien. Berliner Entomologisches Zeitschrift. 11: 101-108. (whole issue) [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 546] PDF
547. A. Gray p. 266 Orchis self-fertile
Gray, Asa. 1862. Enumeration of the plants of Dr. Parry's collection in the Rocky Mountains. American Journal of Science and Arts 34, 9: 249-261. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 547] PDF
549 Delpino p. 20 On Ospreys & Cypripedium
Delpino, Federico. 1867. Sugli apparecchi della fecondazione nelle piante antocarpee-fanerogame. Sommario di osservazioni fatte negli anni 1865-66. Florence: Cellini. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 549] PDF
551 Pfitzer p. 583 Lesser of Australian plants adapted to drought
Pfitzer, Ernst. 1870-1871. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Hautgewebe der Pflanzen. Jahrbucher für wissenschaftliche Botanik 7 (1870): 532-587; 8 (1871): 16-74 (Ueber Mehrschichtige Epidermis und das Hypoderma), 2 pls. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 551, 726] PDF
554 Sauvage on Descent & Palæontology of Fishes — Lines do not correspond with early stage
Sauvage, Henri-Émile. 1869. Considérations sur les poissons fossiles. Dictionnaire Universelle d'Histoire Naturelle. new ed. 11: 259-282. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 554] PDF
555 Claperede, wonderful case of 2 forms of [nerves] — p. 10-29 at two ages two forms of Spermatozoa
Claparède, Édouard. 1869. Recherches sur des Annélides présentant deux formes sexuées distinctes. Geneva: Ramboz et Schuchhardt. (from: Archives des sciences de la Bibliothèque universelle et revue Suisse. Archives des sciences physiques et Naturelles 36: 129-165.) [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 555] PDF
p. 30 wonderful case of larva Embryology representing ancestral form & occasionally being fertile
p. 31 The testes variable in position in different segments & I shd think each segment had latent power, & this will explain different positions of gen. organ in the 2 orders of Myriapoda
p. 38 Conclusion — wonderful paper.
556 B. Dawkins p 11 List of Prehistoric mammal of Britain
Dawkins, William Boyd. 1868. On the prehistoric Mammalia of Great Britain. International congress of prehistoric archaeology: transactions of the third session which opened at Norwich on the 20th August and closed in London on the 28 August 1868 , pp. 269-290. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 556] PDF
557. F. Müller — p 273 Admirable remarks on [heart] present in [progenitor] & since lost by some crustaceans — Branchiæ later acquisition & variable in position, & shift — have given rise to most diversified group — see my M. S. remarks.
Müller, Fritz. 1869. Bemerkungen über Cypridina. Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft 5: 255-276, pls. VIII-IX. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 557] PDF
559 F. Müller, sport [illeg] of Alisma, origin of Climbers — first useless [illeg], & I then show origin of irritability on flower peduncles — latent tendency not utilised.—
Müller, Fritz. 1870. Die Bewegung des Blüthenstieles von Alisma. Jenaische Zeitschrift für Medizin und Naturwissenschaft 5: 133-137. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 559] PDF
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