From Osbert Salvin 18 October 1871
32, Grove, Boltons. S.W.
18 Oct. 1871.—
My dear Mr Darwin,
A line to ask you if you have ever examined the lamellæ in Prion.1 I have just acquired a specimen in spirits and would either report to you upon it or send it to you to examine yourself. The lamellæ in this genus are confined to the maxilla and differ in this respect from those of the Anatidæ.2 still they are beautifully developed and appear well adapted to sift minute organisms floating on the surface of the ocean.
I have not found these lamellæ in any other genus of Procellaridæ.
Very truly yours | Osbert Salvin.
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Bibliography
Origin 6th ed.: The origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. 6th edition, with additions and corrections. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872.
Summary
Comments on lamellae in Prion. Offers to send specimen for CD to examine.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8016
- From
- Osbert Salvin
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Brompton
- Source of text
- DAR 177: 23
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp †
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8016,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8016.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 19
