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From William Marshall 2 June 1875
Summary
Discusses feather as case of evolutionary atavism.
Will soon publish on siliceous sponges
and the skin of caterpillars.
| Author: | William Adolf Ludwig (William) Marshall |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 June 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 48 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10006 |
From William Marshall 21 August 1875
Summary
Doubts ostrich descended from reptiles. Its ancestors true birds. Of course, all birds descended from reptiles. Compares foetus of birds to that of reptiles.
| Author: | William Adolf Ludwig (William) Marshall |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 21 Aug 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 49 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10130 |
From the Council of the Otago Institute 1 October 1880
Summary
Congratulations to CD on twenty-first anniversary of Origin.
| Author: | William Adolf Ludwig (William) Marshall |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Oct 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 229: 80 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12733 |
From William Marshall 12 June 1864
Summary
Informs CD of two distinct forms of Plantago lanceolata.
| Author: | William Marshall |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 June 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 109: A88–9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4530 |
From William Marshall 15 October 1872
Summary
WM converted to belief in evolution by experience of museum work.
Describes protective coloration of coots’ eggs.
| Author: | William Adolf Ludwig (William) Marshall |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 Oct 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 47 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8560 |
