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Darwin Correspondence Project

To J. P. Thomasson   30 March 1875

Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.

March 30.75

Dear Sir

I must write one line to thank you for your letter. I consulted such books as I had at hand, but I seem to be in error about the nests of the two flycatchers.1

With many thanks | Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin

Footnotes

Thomasson had disagreed with CD’s statement, made in Descent 2d ed., p. 455, that two species of flycatchers both built concealed nests (see Correspondence vol. 23, letter from J. P. Thomasson, 23 March 1875 and n. 1).

Bibliography

Descent 2d ed.: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874.

Summary

Seems to be in error about the nests of the two flycatchers.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-9905F
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
John Pennington Thomasson
Sent from
Down
Source of text
The British Library (Surrogate RP 8876(i))
Physical description
LS 1p & cover; photocopy

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9905F,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9905F.xml

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