RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Cephalepis Loddigesi. CUL-DAR84.2.107. 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).


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Cephalepis Loddigesi

♂ with all but central tail-feathers tipped with white do Heliomaster longirostris

Heliothrix auriculatus ♀ & ♂ 4 central feathers of tail black, almost whole of remainder pure white

Chrysobronchus viridicaudus in ♀ all tail-feathers tipped with white

Humming Birds


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