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To George Henry Kendrick Thwaites 31 January [1868]
Summary
Asks GHKT about eyes of screaming elephants.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Henry Kendrick Thwaites |
| Date: | 31 Jan [1868] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.325) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2670 |
To G. H. K. Thwaites 13 February [1868]
Summary
Asks whether mane in male of Macacus silenus protects it from bites or is merely ornamental.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Henry Kendrick Thwaites |
| Date: | 13 Feb [1868] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.341) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5872 |
To G. H. K. Thwaites 19 May [1868]
Summary
GHKT should not take more trouble about human expression. Discusses contraction of orbicular muscles in elephants.
Asks about colour of first plumage of breeds of Ceylon fowls in which hens alone are coloured.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Henry Kendrick Thwaites |
| Date: | 19 May [1868] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.342) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6184 |
To G. H. K. Thwaites 2 September 1868
Summary
Thanks GHKT and S. O. Glenie for information about fowls.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Henry Kendrick Thwaites |
| Date: | 2 Sept 1868 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.354) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6344 |
To G. H. K. Thwaites 28 September [1868]
Summary
Asks him to thank E. L. Layard for trouble taken.
Says Zoological Society "very foolishly" wants no specimens of domestic varieties [from Ceylon].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Henry Kendrick Thwaites |
| Date: | 28 Sept [1868] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.343) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6395 |
To G. H. K. Thwaites 26 October [1868]
Summary
Encloses Queries about expression.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Henry Kendrick Thwaites |
| Date: | 26 Oct [1868] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.335) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6431 |
To G. H. K. Thwaites 29 December 1868
Summary
Discusses experiments in breeding fowls.
Comments on letter from S. O. Glenie [see 6440] concerning the eyes of trumpeting elephants.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Henry Kendrick Thwaites |
| Date: | 29 Dec 1868 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.358) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6514 |
