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Thanks for some poultry breeds.

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Wants white breeds of poultry.

Poor health necessitates a trip to Moor Park, Farnham.

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Sends list of poultry breeds he would like.

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Sends payment for poultry received.

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Thanks WBT for his help with poultry

and informs him about his forthcoming work [Origin].

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Has an astonishing lot of mongrel poultry and expects next generation to approach Gallus bankiva in red-brown plumage.

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Reports the results of some poultry crossing experiments; comments on transmission of different features.

"My unlucky Book [Origin] will be published 1st week in November."

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Gives the results of crossing experiments; some interesting and curious facts.

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Discusses poultry crosses, "what a hopelessly difficult subject is that of inheritance!" Gives details of some pigeon crosses he made; cannot positively recall which produced the blue bird.

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Sends queries for "Fanciers"

and asks about the mating of the queen bee.

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Thanks WBT for observations on colours of newly-hatched pigeons of different breeds. Asks if breeders have noticed any differences in lengths of time eggs were incubated in different breeds.

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Asks whether crossing breeds of hive-bees is advantageous

and whether different pigeon breeds have different incubation periods.

Explains and apologises for the lack of detailed quotations in Origin.

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Thanks for information on pigeon hatching

and on drones.

Believes occasional crosses indispensable.

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Regrets he has nothing that he could contribute to the Field and cannot spare the time to work out anything on bees’ cells.

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Is obliged for WBT’s "curious case". Discusses the effects of castration on development.

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Would like to borrow WBT’s collection of fowls’ skulls.

Asks for WBT’s opinion of G. Ferguson, the author of a poultry book [Ferguson’s illustrated book of domestic poultry].

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Thanks for skulls

and information about Ferguson.

Is working on rabbits’ skeletons.

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Asks whether WBT will read over his MS sketch on poultry when done.

Wants rabbit specimens.

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Thanks for agreeing to read MS.

Outlines poultry breeding experiment he would like to see tried.

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Asks for some unspecified items to be sent to him. The Half-lop [rabbit] should be killed, but without damaging the skull. Has not opened the box with skulls yet.