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To J. B. Innes   24 February [1862]

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Has heard of mules of canary and other finches breeding occasionally, but it is rare, and there is hardly one authenticated case of two such mules breeding together.

Sixteen of the household at Down are sick with influenza.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  John Brodie Innes
Date:  24 Feb [1862]
Classmark:  Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-3457

From J. B. Innes   19 February [1862]

Summary

Reports on a bird, offspring of a male mule between a canary and greenfinch, and a hen canary.

Family news.

Author:  John Brodie Innes
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  19 Feb [1862]
Classmark:  DAR 167.1: 8
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-3454
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