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To Laurence Edmondston 3 May [1856]
Summary
Thanks for reply to queries.
Requests that a wild rock-pigeon be sent. Have they been domesticated as William Macgillivray says [History of British birds (1837) 1: 275–84; see also Variation 1: 185n.]?
Is rabbit wild in Shetlands?
LE’s information on drifted trees adds an archipelago to his list.
Requests information on variation in domesticated Shetland animals;
bones of large quadrupeds in peat.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Laurence Edmondston |
| Date: | 3 May [1856] |
| Classmark: | L. D. Edmondston (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1867 |
To Laurence Edmondston 11 September [1856]
Summary
Requests observations on pigeons.
Knew LE’s son [Thomas] and deplores his fate [accidental death in 1846].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Laurence Edmondston |
| Date: | 11 Sept [1856] |
| Classmark: | L. D. Edmondston (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1954 |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Edmondston, Laurence | (2) |
