From S. P. Woodward [15 July 1856]
Summary
Lists Lusitanian shells with wide ranges beyond that geographical province.
Antiquity and elevation of land mass is more important than latitude for the distribution of shells.
| Author: | Samuel Pickworth Woodward |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [15 July 1856] |
| Classmark: | DAR 205.3: 305 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1928 |
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- … Europe generally; Madeira; Caucasus; Tibet; Cape (introduced); Mass. Missouri — Costata , …
- … Brit. Sweden, Russia, Caucasus; Iskardo, Tibet 7200 feet. — fulva . Brit. Sweden. US. …
- … Sweden — nitida , Müll. Brit. Iskardo, Tibet. Finmark, Sweden. Mass. US. ( arborea , Say) …
- … Atlantic, 35 o –45 o Lat. — peregra Brit. + Tibet. Siberia 63 o Sweden — auricularia Physa …
- … plain of Kashmir is 5,300 feet above the sea— Iskardo Tibet, 7,200 feet—& the Brit. Limnæa …
- … said to have been found at 18000 feet in Tibet. — I have not yet asked Dr Hooker about it. …
Hodgson, Brian Houghton. 1856. On a new perdicine bird from Tibet. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 25: 165–6.
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- … 1856. On a new perdicine bird from Tibet. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 25: …
Strachey, Henry. 1853. Physical geography of western Tibet. Journal of the Royal Geographical Society 23: 1–69.
Matches: 1 hit
- … 1853. Physical geography of western Tibet. Journal of the Royal Geographical Society 23: …
Hodgson, Brian Houghton. 1842. Notice of the mammals of Tibet, with descriptions and plates of some new species. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 11, pt 1: 275–89.
Matches: 1 hit
- … Houghton. 1842. Notice of the mammals of Tibet, with descriptions and plates of some new …
Thomson, Thomas. 1852. Western Himalaya and Tibet; a narrative of a journey through the mountains of northern India, during the years 1847–8. London. [Vols. 5,7]
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- … Thomson, Thomas. 1852. Western Himalaya and Tibet; a narrative of a journey through the …
Woodward, Samuel Pickworth. 1856b. On the land and freshwater shells of Kashmir and Tibet, collected by Dr T. Thomson. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pt 24: 185–7.
Matches: 1 hit
- … land and freshwater shells of Kashmir and Tibet, collected by Dr T. Thomson. Proceedings …
Hodgson, Brian Houghton. 1847. On the tame sheep and goats of the sub-Himalálayas and of Tibet. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 16, pt 2: 1003–26.
Matches: 1 hit
- … and goats of the sub-Himalálayas and of Tibet. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal …
Schlagintweit, Hermann Rudolph Alfred and Schlagintweit, Robert. 1857. Notes on some of the animals of Tibet and India. Report of the 27th meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science held at Dublin, Transactions of the sections, pp. 106–8.
Matches: 1 hit
- … 1857. Notes on some of the animals of Tibet and India. Report of the 27th meeting of the …
From Robert Schlagintweit 25 September 1857
Summary
Gives CD further details of the fertility of the offspring from cross of a yak and Indian cow, the so-called chooboos, whose fertility he has traced to the seventh generation [see Natural selection, pp. 437–8].
| Author: | Robert Schlagintweit |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Sept 1857 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 52 (fragile) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2142 |
Elwes, H. J. (1846–1922)
Matches: 1 hit
- … rank of captain, 1870. Visited Sikkim and Tibet, 1871. Travelled extensively and collected …
Strachey, Henry (1816–1912)
Matches: 1 hit
- … army Tibetan Boundary Commission Bengal Tibet Upper Indus Valley Pagong Lake Ladakh Army …
To Hugh Falconer 8 March [1845?]
Summary
Has written down what he gathered from HF on Tibetan dogs. Would welcome a few more details at any time, as he knows of nothing parallel to it.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Hugh Falconer |
| Date: | 8 Mar [1845?] |
| Classmark: | Raab Collection (dealer) (2 October 2013) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1839 |
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| Falconer, Hugh | (2) |
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