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From W. D. Fox [before 14 May 1868]
Summary
Pairing habits of birds: polygamy among ducks and canaries.
Information on the proportion of sexes in fowls and other birds.
Author: | William Darwin Fox |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [before 14 May 1868] |
Classmark: | DAR 86: A83–4 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5762 |
From W. D. Fox 3 February [1868]
Author: | William Darwin Fox |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 3 Feb [1868] |
Classmark: | DAR 164: 186 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5837 |
From W. D. Fox 19 May [1868]
Author: | William Darwin Fox |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 19 May [1868] |
Classmark: | DAR 164: 187 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6187 |
From W. D. Fox 29 October [1868]
Summary
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Reports on his health, which has been bad for 12 months.
Sends extracts of works on domestication.
Discusses the pairing of various birds; comments on the pugnacity of partridges, pheasants, male guinea-fowl, and peacocks.
Gives proportions of sexes in pheasants.
Author: | William Darwin Fox |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 29 Oct [1868] |
Classmark: | DAR 164: 189; DAR 193: 112; DAR 83: 187, DAR 84.1: 128–30, DAR 86: A87–9 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6436 |
From W. D. Fox 9 December [1868]
Summary
Hybrid geese.
Proportions of sexes in sheep and cattle.
Pairing habits of crows.
Author: | William Darwin Fox |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 9 Dec [1868] |
Classmark: | DAR 84.1: 126–7, DAR 85: B36–7 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6455 |
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