To W. B. Tegetmeier 30 March [1867]
Summary
Believes beauty of male bird important for attracting mate in wild. Will be interested to hear how a dyed male pigeon is received by the hens.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 30 Mar [1867] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5475 |
To H. W. Bates 30 March [1867]
Summary
Would like tabulation of horned beetles if not too troublesome, but would easily settle for general remarks.
On the subject of other species mocking Heliconidae, asks whether full-coloured ones were mocked. Expresses full belief in HWB’s theory.
Encloses a copy of A. R. Wallace’s letter to the Field requesting observations on which caterpillars birds devour.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henry Walter Bates |
| Date: | 30 Mar [1867] |
| Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5476 |
Document type
| letter | (2) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
Addressee
| Bates, H. W. | (1) |
| Tegetmeier, W. B. | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Bates, H. W. | (1) |
| Tegetmeier, W. B. | (1) |
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Visiting the Darwins
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'As for Mr Darwin, he is entirely fascinating…' In October 1868 Jane Gray and her husband spent several days as guests of the Darwins, and Jane wrote a charming account of the visit in a sixteen-page letter to her sister. She described Charles…
