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From James Murie   2 March 1871

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Thanks for Descent.

He is "driven" from his post.

He has homologised the face muscles of cetaceans and man. Although the former do not show expression, the nose and upper lip muscles are highly developed.

Author:  James Murie
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  2 Mar 1871
Classmark:  DAR 171: 321
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7531

From W. R. Greg   2 March [1871?]

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Quotes authority on the decline in height of French army recruits.

Author:  William Rathbone Greg
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  2 Mar [1871?]
Classmark:  DAR 87: 149–50
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7532

From Hermanus Hartogh Heijs van Zouteveen   2 March 1871

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Dutch translation [of Descent].

Notes about reversion.

Hermaphroditism in fishes.

Polydactylism.

Author:  Hermanus Hartogh Heijs van Zouteveen
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  2 Mar 1871
Classmark:  DAR 90: 21–5
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7533