To ? 23 March [1872–4]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
March 23d
My dear Sir
In a table which I drew up several years ago of all the authentic crosses amongst the Phasianidæ, I give the Gold & Silver pheasant;2 but, though I give references to every other case, I have by some accident omitted this single one! I feel certain I shd. not have introduced it without fairly good evidence. I hope that you will publish your case.
My dear Sir, Yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Descent: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871.
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
Summary
CD has lost his reference to cross between gold and silver pheasants.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8250
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Unidentified
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.406)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8250,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8250.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 20
