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From Albert Günther   28 April 1874

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Thanks for recent edition of CD’s Journal of researches.

Author:  Albrecht Carl Ludwig Gotthilf (Albert) Günther
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  28 Apr 1874
Classmark:  DAR 165: 255
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9432

To Edward Frankland   28 April [1874]

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Thanks for letter relating to domesticated bullfinches’ instinctively cutting off cowslips [see 9430]. Suggests observing whether the birds swallow any part of flower or particular parts.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Edward Frankland
Date:  28 Apr [1874]
Classmark:  The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9432A