RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1861]. A. R. Wallace, Ibis, 3 1861: 350. CUL-DAR84.1.171a. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Kees Rookmaaker, corrected and edited by John van Wyhe 11.2011. RN1
NOTE: Only 171 with notes on Wallace has been transcribed.
Wallace, A. R. 1861. Notes on the ornithology of Timor. Ibis 3 (12): 347-351. http://wallace-online.org/content/frameset?pageseq=1&itemID=S064
Reproduced with the 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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Ibis Vol. 3 1861-
p 350 Mr Wallace, on Ornithology of Timor, concludes "that there is no foundation whatever for the very prevalent idea that tropical heat & light have some direct or specific effect in producing the brilliant colours that adorn or insects or flowers. Here in Timor the birds are remarkably dull in colour."—
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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