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From J. J. Weir   23 March 1868

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Relates a variety of facts about sexual selection in birds. [See Descent 2: 104–5.]

Author:  John Jenner Weir
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  23 Mar 1868
Classmark:  DAR 84.1: 61–4
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-6041

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  • … J Jenner Weir C Darwin Esq r . 1.1 I have … letter. — 13.2] crossed pencil 11.1 A friend … …

From J. J. Weir   7 March 1868

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Various facts about birds: pairing, finding new mates, protective coloration, polygamy, sexual differences.

Author:  John Jenner Weir
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  7 Mar 1868
Classmark:  DAR 86: A21–4
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5995

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  • C Darwin Esq r . 1.1 I hasten … already known.  3.2] crossed pencil 2.1 Edusa] ‘The clouded yellow’ added pencil 4.1 My friend … …

From J. J. Weir   16 April 1868

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Describes a curious litter of rabbits.

Pairing of rooks, courtship of golden pheasant.

Behaviour of finch hybrids.

Seasonal coloration of birds; bright plumage results from sexual selection.

Author:  John Jenner Weir
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  16 Apr 1868
Classmark:  DAR 84.1: 71–2, 140, DAR 181: 75
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-6125

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