RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstracts of 4to Pamphlets. CUL-DAR75.95. 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

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volumes CUL-DAR 72-75 contain Darwin's abstracts of scientific books and journals. Watermark: 'E TOWGOOD 1860'.

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Abstract of 4to Pamphlets

54 Leidy p. 49 N. & S. American Megatherium probably distinct, but no evidence

Leidy, Joseph. 1855. A memoir on the extinct sloth tribe of North America. Washington: Smithsonian Institution. 16 pls. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 54] PDF

- - p 57. There was an ancient Nebraska Megalonyx. good

55 Oliver on Sycopsis — a broken order with 6 sp. in 6 genera with complex affinition, related to ancient forms: curious paper

Oliver, Daniel. 1860. On Sycopsis. [Read 15 March.] Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 23: 83-89, pl. VIII. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 55] PDF

56 Lubbock — on Links — on gradation — on ancient & broken groups — on sexual  differences

Lubbock, John. 1859. On some oceanic Entomostraca collected by Captain Toynbee. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 23: 173-191, pl. XXIX. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 56] PDF

57 Leidy p. 141. p. 151 Forms allied to Iguanodon in N. America — we might have asked  how this genus originated.

Hayden, Ferdinand Vandeveer. 1859. Geological sketch of the estuary and freshwater deposits of the 'bad lands' of the Judith River, with some remarks upon the surrounding formations. Philadelphia: Young. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 57] PDF

62 Lubbock p. 608 Fabre on Annulosa laying semen in nest. (difficult case how instinct  acquired p. 166 On Diptera secreting a sort of milk, case of Chelfer.—

Lubbock, John. 1861. Notes on the generative organs, and on the formation of the egg in the Annulosa. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 11: 117-124, pls. XVI-XVII. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 62] PDF

63 Davy on a sort of gestation of Cartilaginous fishes: made brief this is case of multiple  gradation

Davy, John. 1861. Fragmentary notes on the generative organs of some cartilaginous fishes. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 22: 491-505, pl. XXII. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 63] PDF

64 Baillon (p 29) gradation in [movement] of flowers

Baillon, H. 1856. Des mouvements dans les organes sexuels des végétaux et dans les produits de ces organes. Paris: Rignoux. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 64] PDF

69 Claparède p. 23, 24, Spiders undergo metamorphosis p. 76 nerves come from  ganglia to nearest part.

Claparède, Édouard. 1862. Recherches sur l'évolution des Araignées. Utrecht: C. van der Post jr. (from: Natuurkundige Verhandelingen uitgegeven door het Provinciaal Utrechtsch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen.) [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 69] PDF

72 Siebold p. 22 Hermaphrodite Fish — Sterile Fish for neuter ants

Siebold, Carl Theodor Ernst von. 1862. Ueber Parthenogenesis. Vortrag in der öffentlichen Sitzung der k. Akademie der Wissenschaften am 28. März 1862 zur Feier ihres einhundert und dritten Stiftungstages. München: Rosten. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 72] PDF

75  Jones — Gryphæa intermediate forms

Jones, John. 1865. On Gryphaea incurva and its varieties. Proceedings of the Cotteswold Naturalists' Field Club 3: 81-95. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 75] PDF

78 Naudin. Carcarl. p. 5 increased petals — Hybrids p. 8 do. p. 15. p 19 on Hyla 25.

[Number apparently reassigned.]

79 Haast. N. Zealand p. 5 Geology of. p. 6 Zoology of Frogs p 7 Glacial period.

Haast, John Francis Julius von. 1862. Notes on the geology of Canterbury. New Zealand Government Gazette. Province of Canterbury 9(18) (24 October): 121-131. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 79] PDF

 p. 129 Glacial action in second paper.

80 Trevinarus on Dichogamy

Treviranus, Ludolph Christian. 1863. Ueber Dichogamie nach C. C. Sprengel und Ch. Darwin. Botanische Zeitung 2 (January): 1-7, 9 (January): 9-16. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 80, 254] PDF

81 - on do in Linum. mistakes of [illeg].—

Treviranus, Ludolph Christian. 1863. [Review of Darwin's] On the existence of two forms in several species of the genus Linum. Botanische Zeitung 21 no. 24 (12 June): 188-190. (whole issue) [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 81] PDF

82 Lubbock — p. 64 causes of metamorphoses in Insects

Lubbock, John. 1863-1865. On the development of Chloëon (Ephemera) dimidiatum. [Read 15 January 1863 and 21 December 1865.] Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 24 (1864): 61-78; 25 (1866): 477-492, 4 pls. (2 copies) [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 82] PDF / and part of pp. 485-486, part of plate 59. CUL-DAR81.6-7 Image

83 Lesquereux p. 15 Range of mosses E. & W. of America & Japan.

Lesquereux, Leo. 1863. On California mosses. [Read 19 June.] Transactions of the American Philosophical Society n.s. 13: 1-24. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 83] PDF

85 G. Planchon on naturalisation of Jussiaea in F. W. & its never seeding

Planchon, Gustav. 1864. Des modifications de la Flore de Montpellier depuis le XVIe siècle jusqu'à nos jours. Paris: F. Savy. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 85] PDF

 p. 23, 27 five species exterminated by agriculture p. 31 on seeds sewn by Gouan in 1767 & on other such case — On change of Flora of Montpellier

87 Quatrefages Genera & such genera of annelids widely ranging, whilst species confined  in ranges

Quatrefages de Bréau, Jean Louis Armand de. 1865. Mémoire sur la distribution géographique des Annélides. Nouvelles Archives du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris 1: 1-13. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 87] PDF

88 Quatrefages p. 4 on principle of Classification followed by Jussieu & Dr Blainville

Quatrefages de Bréau, Jean Louis Armand de. 1865. Note sur la classification des Annélides. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences 60: 586-600. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 88] PDF

 p. 5 Degradation by disappearance of Branchiæ in Lumbricus, rubellus present in allied Eurisiers — on parellelism

 p. 6 must be arranged in parallel series.

90 Marcusen on anatomy of Branchiostoma or Amphioxus

Marcou, Jules. 1862. Letter to M. Joachim Barrande, on the Taconic rocks of Vermont and Canada. Cambridge MA: Welch & Bigelow. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 272, Quarto 90] PDF


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