RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of 8vo Pamphlets. CUL-DAR75.80. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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630 p 556 fall of shells, f. w. apparently living.
Allen, Joel Asaph. 1869. Notes on some of the rarer birds of Massachusetts. American Naturalist 3 (December): 505-519. (whole issue) [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 630] PDF
632 Scudder p. 48, Cave orthop. same genus in Europe N America & New Zealand.
Scudder, Samuel Hubbard. 1869. A century of Orthoptera. Decade I.—Gryllides. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 12: 139-143. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 632] PDF
634 Lesquereux p. 16 on continuity of type in Floras of different countries
Lesquereux, Leo. 1867. Report on the fossil plants. Annual report of the Trustees of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy, at Harvard College, in Cambridge, together with the report of the Director, 1867. Boston: Wright & Potter, State Printers, pp. 12-17. (whole issue) [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 634] PDF / PDF
649 Lowne on secretion from stomach for swallow's nests
Lowne, Benjamin Thompson. 1869. On a secretion from the stomach of the flamingo. Journal of the Quekett Microscopical Club 1: 194-196. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 649] PDF
650 Haast. Dinornis p. 7 in Australia p. 12 Isld of N. Zealand probably once united
Haast, John Francis Julius von. 1871. Moas and moa hunters. Christchurch: Times office. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 650] PDF
651 Moore, grt difference in thickness of strata, at not distant points
Moore, Charles. 1869. Geology of the Mendips. Proceedings of the Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society (1868-69) 15(2): 35-50. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 651] PDF
p 14. Liassic shells-Land
652 Scott semi-parasituous of Loranthanceae
Scott, John. 1870-1874. Notes on horticulture in Bengal. 1. Gerniaceace, the cranes-bill order. 2. Loranthacæ, the mistleto order, their germination and mode of attachment. 3. Orchidaceae, the orchid order. Journal of the Agricultural and Horticultural Society of India 2 (1870): 241-257, 257-296; 3 (1874): 1-82. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 652]
654 Claperède grt difference in larvæ of allied Annelids
Claparède, Édouard and Mecznikow, Elias. 1869. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Entwickelungsgeschichte der Chaetopoden. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie 19: 163-205. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 654] PDF
658 Wallace address Ent. Soc 1871 p. 14 Means of Distribution of Insects excellent on the stocking of Madeira & Azores.
Wallace, Alfred Russel. 1871. An address read at the anniversary meeting of the Entomological Society of London on the 23rd January, 1871. London: E. Newman. (from: Transactions of the Entomological Society of London : xliv-lxix.) [inscribed offprint] CUL-DAR133.15.1 /[Darwin Pamphlet Collection 658] Text PDF
665 Dreissenomya on its spreading in Europe
Fuchs, Theodor. 1870. Ueber Dreissenomya. Ein neuses Bivalvengenus aus der Familie der Mytilaceen. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlich Zoologischen-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 20: 997-998, pl. XVI. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 665] PDF
667 Wood-Mason on a polydactyl hand (with Plate) in India
Wood-Mason, James. 1871. An interesting case of polydactylism in a horse from Bagdad. Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (1871): 18-19, pl. 1 . [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 667] PDF
668 Descent of crustacea & insects embryology (Packard?)
[Packard, Alpheus Spring Jr.] 1870. Morphology and ancestry of the King Crab. American Naturalist 4: 754-756. 'Genealogy of crustacea'. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 668] PDF
671 Nitsche — on reproduction of Bryozoa — very curious paper
Nitsche, Hinrich. 1871. On some interesting points concerning the mode of reproduction of the Bryozoa. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science n.s. 11: 155-162. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 671] PDF
676 Stoliczka on a Rana which will take to the sea
Stoliczka, Ferdinand. 1870. Observations on some Indian and Malayan Amphibia and Reptilia. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 39: 134-157; 159-228, pls. IX-XII. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 599, 676] PDF
678 Canestrini p. 12 Hippocampi have anal fin in embryo & so have the Tertiary species — other analogous facts with Lofobranchi
Canestrini, Giovanni. 1871. Note Zoologiche. Sul proboscistoma del Saccardo. Intorno ai lofobranchi adriatici. Atti del Regio Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti 3d ser. 16: 1045-1067. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 678] PDF
679 Clarke p. 23 On Dinornis in Australia & fossil crocodile in N. Zealand, showing former extension of the Isd
Clarke, William Branwhite. 1867. Remarks on the sedimentary formations of New South Wales, illustrated by reference to other provinces of Australasia. In: Catalogue of the natural and industrial products of New South Wales forwarded to the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1867. Sydney: T. Richards. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 510, 679] PDF
p 27 Have Isd apparently ever part of Australian continent
680 Review of Ganin 9-11 — on acceleration & retardation in development of various organs
Packard, Alpheus Spring Jr. 1871. The early stages of Ichneumon parasites [Review of Ganin, Beiträge zur Erkenntniss der Entwickelungsgeschichte bei den Insecten]. American Naturalist 5: 42-52. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 680] PDF
p 10 Larvæ of Ichneumon very different which adult closely alike — Packard(?) think Crust & Insects divided [illeg]
682 Van Beneden Embryology of Crustaceans — accelerated development.
Beneden, Edouard van and Bessels E. 1868. Résumé d'un mémoire sur le mode de formation du blastoderme dans quelques groupes de crustacés. Bulletin de l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique 2d ser. 25: 434-448. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 682] PDF
684 Köppen S. 212 on change of Fauna from planting trees in S. Russia.
Köppen, Friedrich Theodor. 1865. Über die Heuschrecken in Südrussland; nebst einem Anhänge über einige andere daselbst vorkommende schädliche Insekten. Horae Societatis Entomologici Rossicae 3: 81-294. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 684] PDF
687 Buller on New Zealand Reef
Buller, Walter Lawry. 1870. A list of the lizards inhabiting New Zealand, with descriptions. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 3: 4-11, pl. II. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 687] PDF
p. 9 & number of Reptiles in New Zealand
p 17 on extended Range & frequency of a Bird in N. Zealand change of its Habits in nesting
p 45 on cause of extinction of N. Z. Productions
689 Dr Exton Versus Wallaces view of Birds not building by instinct.
Exton, Hugh. 1871. The philosophy of birds' nests in relation to instinct. Cape Monthly Magazine 2: 342-354. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 689] PDF
693 Taylor on Aleutian Isd with Franklin with Great water frontier certainly old & new world
[Tayler, John James.] 1872. [Review of Origin, Descent et al.] The geographical distribution of animals and plants, geologically considered. Westminster Review n.s. 41: 28-49. [inscribed][Darwin Pamphlet Collection 693] PDF
p 40 on Scale of Baikal & Caspian
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