To J. E. Gray 9 April [1871]1
Down. | Beckenham | Kent. S.E.
Ap. 9th
My dear Gray
I had heard of, & given, the case of the difference in colour of the sexes of Lemur, but I was not at all aware of the great variability of the male & stability of the female.2 Therefore many thanks.
Yours very sincerely | Ch Darwin
Footnotes
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from J. E. Gray, 7 April 1871.
See letter from J. E. Gray, 7 April 1871 and n. 1.
Summary
Thanks for information on colour differences in sexes of Lemur.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7670
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Edward Gray
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Boston Society of Natural History (papers at the Museum of Science, Boston, Massachusetts, USA)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7670,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7670.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 19
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