From A. C. Smith 25 June 1873
Summary
Wonders whether CD has any idea how the cuckoo manages to match its eggs to those of its host; believes it possible that the diet of the nestling cuckoo, which varies with its host, may affect its behaviour and the colour of its eggs.
| Author: | Alfred Charles Smith |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 June 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 183 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8950 |
Document type
| letter | (1) |
Addressee
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Smith, A. C. | (1) |
Date
| 1873 | (1) |
