To T. C. Eyton 21 August [1856]
Summary
Asks whether offspring of cross between African pig and common pig are fertile. Are Lord Rowland Hill’s African pigs domesticated?
Mentions pigeons’ skeletons.
Is working at a book on variation [Natural selection].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Thomas Campbell Eyton |
Date: | 21 Aug [1856] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.135) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1942 |
To T. C. Eyton 27 [August 1856]
Summary
Asks about strains of Herefordshire cattle.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Thomas Campbell Eyton |
Date: | 27 [Aug 1856] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.136) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1946 |
To T. C. Eyton 31 August [1856]
Summary
Asks whether number of incisors varies in domestic pigs. Is testing views of J. M. Bechstein.
Comments on TCE’s book [Herd book of Hereford cattle (1846–59)]. Mentions variations in the breed.
Will quote TCE on geese [Mag. Nat. Hist. 4 (1840): 90–2].
Problem of geographical distribution; his seed-salting experiments. Asks about distribution of seeds to islands. Do water-birds ever have dirty feet?
Could Eyton’s gamekeepers collect owl and hawk pellets? Asks for dace stomachs and contents.
Asks for cats’ skeletons.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Thomas Campbell Eyton |
Date: | 31 Aug [1856] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.137) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1948 |
To T. C. Eyton 5 October [1856]
Summary
Offers TCE dog’s skin and skull received from W. F. Daniell in West Africa.
Mentions his experiments involving hawk pellets in seed distribution.
Reminds TCE about pig crosses and incisors.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Thomas Campbell Eyton |
Date: | 5 Oct [1856] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.139) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1968 |