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From C.-F. Reinwald   26 March 1868

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French translation of Variation has just appeared. Copies sent to Quatrefages de Bréau, C. V. Naudin, A. J. Gaudry, Camille Dareste, and Ernest Faivre.

Author:  Charles-Ferdinand Reinwald
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  26 Mar 1868
Classmark:  DAR 176: 91
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-6053

From David Forbes   26 March 1868

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Blushing in South American Indians.

Hairlessness of Aymaras and Quechuas. [See Descent 2: 322–3.]

Author:  David Forbes
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  26 Mar 1868
Classmark:  DAR 80: B168
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-6054

From Roland Trimen   26 March 1868

Summary

Coloration in moths.

Quotes Achille Guénée on relative proportion of sexes in Phalaenites.

Author:  Roland Trimen
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  26 Mar 1868
Classmark:  DAR 81: 76, DAR 85: B61–2, DAR 84.1: 134–5
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-6055

From J. J. Weir   [26] March 1868

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Proportions of sexes in birds as reported by bird-catchers.

Author:  John Jenner Weir
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [26] Mar 1868
Classmark:  DAR 86: C5–9
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-6056

From Ferdinand von Hochstetter   26 March 1868

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Thanks CD for advice received before his Novara voyage. Sends volumes [Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde … Geologischer Theil, ed. FCvH, 2 vols. in 3 (1864–6)].

Author:  Ferdinand von Hochstetter
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  26 Mar 1868
Classmark:  DAR 166: 223
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-6057