To B. J. Placzek [after 19 November 1880]1
[Down.]
It appears to be impossible for a bird to use only one wing, without tumbling over and without losing its balance.2
Footnotes
The date is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from B. J. Placzek, 19 November 1880. The letter fragment appears in a note to Placzek 1883, p. 112.
See letter from B. J. Placzek, 19 November 1880 and n. 3.
Bibliography
Placzek, Baruch Jakob. 1883. On ancient observations on the flight of pigeons. [Read 1 May 1883.] Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archæology 5 (1882–3): 111–13.
Summary
Expresses doubts that pigeons could rest one wing during flight.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12829F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Baruch Jakob Placzek
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Placzek 1883, p. 112 n.
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12829F,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12829F.xml
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