From J. J. Weir 23 March 1868
Summary
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 |
From Sven Nilsson to J. D. Hooker 25 October 1868
Summary
His correspondents in Lapland will provide CD with the information on reindeer horns. Refers him to Linnaeus, Amoenitates academicae, vol. 4.
| Author: | Sven Nilsson |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 25 Oct 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 172: 68 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6430 |
From J. J. Weir 7 March 1868
Summary
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 |
From J. J. Weir 16 April 1868
Summary
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 |
Document type
| letter | (4) |
Author
| Weir, J. J. | (3) |
| Nilsson, Sven | (1) |
Addressee
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Weir, J. J. | (3) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
| Nilsson, Sven | (1) |
