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To W. D. Fox 21 October [1868]
Summary
Reminds WDF to write about the "great magpie marriage". Sexual selection an "everlasting subject".
News of his children.
Asks for information on instances of sexual preference in animals and data on numbers of males and females born in various domesticated species.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
Date: | 21 Oct [1868] |
Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 149); DAR 266 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6426 |
From W. D. Fox 29 October [1868]
Summary
Thanks CD for a recent letter.
Reports on his health, which has been bad for 12 months.
Sends extracts of works on domestication.
Discusses the pairing of various birds; comments on the pugnacity of partridges, pheasants, male guinea-fowl, and peacocks.
Gives proportions of sexes in pheasants.
Author: | William Darwin Fox |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 29 Oct [1868] |
Classmark: | DAR 164: 189; DAR 193: 112; DAR 83: 187, DAR 84.1: 128–30, DAR 86: A87–9 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6436 |
Document type
letter | (2) |
Author
Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
Fox, W. D. | (1) |
Addressee
Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
Fox, W. D. | (1) |