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From J. J. Weir 20 April 1868
Summary
Instinct in birds; nest-building.
Inheritance of acquired characters.
| Author: | John Jenner Weir |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Apr 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 181: 76 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6130 |
From Henry Holland 20 April [1868]
Summary
Sends CD a copy of a book he has had printed mainly for the interest of his children and grandchildren [later published as Recollections of past life (1872)].
| Author: | Henry Holland, 1st baronet |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Apr [1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 250 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6131 |
From H. W. Bates 20 April 1868
Summary
In addition to the drawing of a caterpillar which CD intends to use,
HWB sends information on differences of colour and pattern between the sexes of species of Papilio.
Argynnis diana and A. sagana have females that are brightly coloured, but these may be cases of protective mimicry.
| Author: | Henry Walter Bates |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Apr 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 82: A42–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6132 |
From John Hellins 20 April 1868
Summary
Gives the evidence on which he relied for his view, which CD thinks is erroneous, of proportion of sexes in Lepidoptera.
| Author: | John Hellins |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Apr 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 85: B71–75, B79–82 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6133 |
Document type
| letter | (4) |
Author
| Bates, H. W. | (1) |
| Hellins, John | (1) |
| Holland, Henry | (1) |
| Weir, J. J. | (1) |
Addressee
| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | |
| Bates, H. W. | (1) |
| Hellins, John | (1) |
| Holland, Henry | (1) |
| Weir, J. J. | (1) |
