RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. The Stickle-Back assumes splendid colours during Breeding season. CUL-DAR82.B41. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 2.2022. RN1

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-DAR80-86 contain material for Darwin's book Descent of man (1871).

Darwin cited this in Descent 1: 271, n10: "Noel Humphreys, 'River Gardens,' 1857."

H. Noel Humphreys. 1857. Ocean and river gardens: a history of the marine and fresh-water aquaria, with the best methods for their establishment and preservation. London.


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The Stickle-Back assumes splendid colours during Breeding season - is polygamist - & fight ferociously with other males, even to death - River Gardens Noel Humphreys 1857.


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