RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Gould, Birds of Great Britain. CUL-DAR84.2.136-137. 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 2: 203, n17: "Gould's 'Handbook of the Birds of Australia,' vol. ii. p. 275."

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Gould's Birds of Grt Britain

Phalaropus fulicarius - ♀ is both larger & during "summer more gaily attired then ♂"- according to Steenstrup the duty of incubation is performed by male alone & this shown by state of nest during the breeding season – Difference [seasonal] slight - Head of ♀ dark, tints brighter.

P. hyperboreum sexes differ in same way

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The B. of Gr Britain

Eudromias morinellus

The males certainly assist the ♀s in the incubation- but ♀s also attend to the young & are anxious about them

F is Heavier & larger than ♂ & more richly coloured but difference is slight

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