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To J. J. Weir 1 September 1868
Summary
Invites JJW to visit Down. Will try to get A. R. Wallace and H. W. Bates also.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Jenner Weir |
| Date: | 1 Sept 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 148: 319 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6343 |
To J. J. Weir 5 June 1868
Summary
Sorry JJW cannot visit.
Will go to sea-side for five weeks at end of July.
Does Vidua have double annual moult? [See Descent 2: 181.]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Jenner Weir |
| Date: | 5 June 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 148: 317; Duke University, Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library (RL.10387) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6232 |
To J. J. Weir 13 March [1868]
Summary
Thanks for facts about birds displaying plumage during courtship; "for Butterflies I must trust to analogy altogether in regard to sexual selection".
Invites JJW to visit in summer.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Jenner Weir |
| Date: | 13 Mar [1868] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Egerton MS 2952: 8–10) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6009 |
