RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Jardine, Gallinaceous Birds. CUL-DAR84.2.119. 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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Jardine, William. 1834-1844. The naturalist's library. Birds of Great Britain and Ireland (vol. 9) [on pigeons] & Gallinaceous Birds (vol. 14). Edinburgh: W. H. Lizary. CUL-DAR.LIB.714 14 PDF Darwin cited this in Descent 2: 72, 97.
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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