RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Swinhoe, Ibis 1865 and 1866. CUL-DAR84.2.155. 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, n15: "Mr. Swinhoe, in 'Ibis,' 1865, p. 542; 1866, p. 131, 405."
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Swinhoe on Turnix. Male Plumage
1865. p. 542, 543 females have the black & patches of reddish on the upper parts more pronounced than in the male
[Letter from Robert Swinhoe to the editor of the Ibis, from Takow, Formosa 1 June 1865. Ibis 1, series 2: 538-546.]
1866. p. 131, 403, 405
The evidence is by no means conclusive - I may indicate as mere probability
Ibis?
[Robert Swinhoe, A voice on ornithology from Formosa; Ornithology notes from Formosa. Ibis 2, series 2: 392-406.]
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