From William Henry Harvey 3 January 1857
Summary
Sexes of algae.
| Author: | William Henry Harvey |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Jan 1857 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 115 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2035 |
From Richard Hill 10 January 1857
Summary
Will attend to any subject in Jamaica about which CD wants information.
Crithagra brasiliensis and canary refused to pair.
A collection of Jamaican land Mollusca will be presented to the British Museum.
Hurricanes are a considerable influence on diffusion of birds and insects.
| Author: | Richard Hill |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Jan 1857 |
| Classmark: | DAR 205.2: 237 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2038 |
From Charles Lyell [16 January 1857]
Summary
Enumerates fossil mammals known in Secondary strata.
Lack of angiosperm plants in rocks older than Chalk is no reason to anticipate rarity of warm-blooded quadrupeds.
| Author: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [16 Jan 1857] |
| Classmark: | DAR 205.9: 394 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2039 |
From Henry Doubleday 26 January 1857
Summary
Sends specimens of Tortrix, which illustrate the extraordinary variation of markings in two or three species. In every family of Lepidoptera there seem to be species extremely prone to vary and in some localities they vary more than in others.
| Author: | Henry Doubleday |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 Jan 1857 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 235 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2044 |
From J. Knightly Ince [1857–61?]
Summary
Translates some German terms describing colour of horses.
| Author: | J. Knightly Ince |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1857–61?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 261.11: 20 (EH 88206072) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6538 |
| letter | (5) |
| Doubleday, Henry | (1) |
| Harvey, W. H. | (1) |
| Hill, Richard | (1) |
| Ince, J. K. | (1) |
| Lyell, Charles | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | |
| Doubleday, Henry | (1) |
| Harvey, W. H. | (1) |
| Hill, Richard | (1) |
| Ince, J. K. | (1) |
| Lyell, Charles | (1) |
