RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Birds — Chapt 1. CUL-DAR83.94. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 2.2022. RN2
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).
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Birds — Chapt 1. p 65.
I have remarked on the double action of S. Selection in giving bright colours & pugnacity to ♂ Birds — but not bright colours & song for these are both charms.
S. Selection Mammals—
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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