To H. B. Tristram 4 July 1868
Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
July 4 1868
My dear Sir
I thank you very sincerely for your letter which is most interesting to me.
Your answers are quite clear & full, & give me exactly the information I which I wanted.1
I am afraid I have caused you a great deal of trouble—
Pray accept my thanks & believe me yours very faithfully | & much obliged | Ch. Darwin
How very curious the case of the bright-colour⟨ed⟩ birds which conceal themselves in holes!2
Footnotes
Summary
Thanks for interesting letter. ‘How very curious the case of the bright-coloured birds which conceal themselves in holes!’
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6267G
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Henry Baker Tristram
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- The British Library (Surrogate RP 9485)
- Physical description
- 1p photocopy
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6267G,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-6267G.xml