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To B. P. Brent   1 April [1861]

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Thanks for informatiion about birds and for copies of the Cottage Gardener (26 March 1861). Discusses ancestor of domestic fowl.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Bernard Peirce Brent
Date:  1 Apr [1861]
Classmark:  Richard Brent (private collection)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-3107F

From Bernard Peirce Brent   29 May 1861

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Sexual behaviour of fowls.

Author:  Bernard Peirce Brent
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  29 May 1861
Classmark:  DAR 84.1: 1–9
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-3167

From B. P. Brent   15 June 1861

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On his father’s crossing experiments with cacti, in which hybrids were found quite fertile.

On his breeding of guinea-pigs.

Sends Miss E. Watts’s message about crested fowls and Brahmas.

Author:  Bernard Peirce Brent
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  15 June 1861
Classmark:  DAR 160.2: 300
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-3184
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