To Edward Blyth 10 December [1866]
Summary
Asks for reference to EB’s article about tame deer on island in Aral Sea.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edward Blyth |
| Date: | 10 Dec [1866] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4950 |
From Edward Blyth 13 [December] 1866
Summary
Gives CD reference to case of the saiga, an antelope, fearless of man.
Reports observations by New Zealander who has seen heaps of pebbles presumably voided by Dinornis.
| Author: | Edward Blyth |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 [Dec] 1866 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 207 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4975 |
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- … From Edward Blyth 13 [December] 1866 …
- … DAR 160: 207 Edward Blyth London, Princess Terrace, 7 13 [Dec] 1866 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … on 15 December. Letter to Edward Blyth, 10 December [1866] . Blyth’s notice appeared in …
- … November 1866 (see letter to Edward Blyth, 10 December [1866] and n. 2). Blyth described …
To Edward Blyth [18 February 1867]
Summary
Asks to meet EB for a walk in the Zoological Gardens.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edward Blyth |
| Date: | [18 Feb 1867] |
| Classmark: | McGill University Library, Department of Rare Books |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5406 |
From Edward Blyth 4 October 1868
Summary
Replies to CD’s questions on sexual differences in birds.
| Author: | Edward Blyth |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 Oct 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 84.1: 100–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6409 |
From Edward Blyth 19 February 1867
Summary
Encloses memorandum on Origin [1866]
discussing mimicry in mammals and birds,
abnormal habits shown by birds,
behaviour of cuckoos,
and analogies existing between mammals of the same geographical region.
Speculates on possible lines of development linking groups of mammals.
[CD’s notes on the verso of the letter are for his reply.]
| Author: | Edward Blyth |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 19 Feb 1867 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 209, 209/1 & 2, DAR 47: 190, 190a, DAR 80: B99–99a, DAR 205.11: 138, DAR 48: A75 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5405 |
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- … n.s. 11: 897–928, 1095–112; 12: 240–7. Blyth, Edward. 1866–7. The ornithology of India. A …
- … Edward Blyth, [19 February 1867] . The fourth edition of Origin was published in November 1866 ( …
- … 1866): 225–58, 336–76; 3 (1867): 1–48, 147–85. Brandon-Jones, Christine. 1995. Long gone and forgotten: reassessing the life and career of Edward Blyth, …
- … Blyth refers to The naturalist in Vancouver Island and British Columbia , in which John Keast Lord observed that the ‘true Indian dog’ was a tame coyote, but only in inland areas where there were no opportunities for breeding with imported dogs ( Lord 1866 , 2: 218–25). CD cited Lord 1866 in Variation 1: 22–3; both Lord and CD noted that the coyote was Canis latrans. For John Edward …
From Edward Blyth 11 February 1868
Summary
Corrects some facts and gives further information on some points for the 2d ed. of Variation.
Specific distinctions among animals.
Cercopithecus of Africa contrasted with the Cebus of South America.
Notes on domestic fowls and their ancestors.
Slow growth of wild animals compared with domestic varieties.
| Author: | Edward Blyth |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Feb 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 80: B169a–c |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5861 |
From Edward Blyth 13 September 1869
Summary
Gives some observations and opinions on the appearance and behaviour of mandrills.
| Author: | Edward Blyth |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 Sept 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 225 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6887 |
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