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To Leonard Jenyns 22 February [1868]
Summary
Asks LJ which British birds are polygamous. His query relates to the possession by the male of secondary sexual characters.
CD is also interested in the numerical proportion of the sexes in birds.
Asks about the use of the horns in male lamellicorn or coprophagous beetles.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Leonard Jenyns; Leonard Blomefield |
Date: | 22 Feb [1868] |
Classmark: | Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5911 |
To Leonard Jenyns 29 February [1868]
Summary
Thanks LJ for his useful facts. Will "look to" the reference about the nightingale.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Leonard Jenyns; Leonard Blomefield |
Date: | 29 Feb [1868] |
Classmark: | Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5957 |
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letter | (2) |
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Blomefield, Leonard | (2) |
Jenyns, Leonard | (2) |
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Blomefield, Leonard | (2) |
Darwin, C. R. | |
Jenyns, Leonard |