RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Zouteveen, Comptes Rendus. CUL-DAR89.144. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 11.2021. 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-DAR 87-90 contain material for Darwin's book Descent of man 2d ed. (1874-1877).


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p. 381 infants of Negros brown with blue eyes & not curly Hair

gives colour of infants

I may say negros not aboriginally black

p. 381 (French) [length] of shoulders

p 384 Larynx of Negro & White

p. 39. vol I Brehm on music of Hylobates}

p. 387 Feet of China women - Frank Doctor in Pekin no effect

Zouteveen

Man

[144v]

vol 2. p. 36 The umbrinas make a noise more like a flute than drumming (Scvœna)

[Descent 2d ed., p. 347, n41: "'Comptes Rendus.' Tom. xlvi. 1858, p. 353. Tom. xlvii. 1858, p. 916. Tom. liv. 1862, p. 393. The noise made by the Umbrinas (Scvœna aquila), is said by some authors to be more like that of a flute or organ, than drumming: Dr. Zouteveen, in the Dutch translation of this work (vol. ii., p. 36), gives some further particulars on the sounds made by fishes."]

p. 193 tail of ♀ Soemmerring 2/3 of length of tail of common pheasant

says Chapt 15 I have used nidification for incubation.

[Descent 2d ed., pp. 445-446.]

about Buceros

[Descent 2d ed., p. 383.]

Spine - does not secrete [poison]

p. 292 not 4 poison matter. Harting says so

Hollow corresponding in ♀

[Descent 2d ed., p. 502, n7: "Harting is quoted by Dr. Zouteveen in the Dutch translat. of this work, vol. ii. p. 292."]

p. 379 in French difference between man & woman.

12 to 8

3 to 2


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