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To J. J. Weir   13 May [1869]

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Comments on paper by JJW ["On insects and insectivorous birds", Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. Lond. (1869): 21–6]. JJW’s verification of A. R. Wallace’s suggestion regarding inheritance is quite a discovery.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  John Jenner Weir
Date:  13 May [1869]
Classmark:  DAR 148: 321
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-6746

To J. J. Weir   20 May [1869]

Summary

Asks for information about male birds migrating before females.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  John Jenner Weir
Date:  20 May [1869]
Classmark:  DAR 148: 322
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-6753

To J. J. Weir   27 May [1869]

Summary

Thanks for information about bird migration.

Comments on canary hybridisation.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  John Jenner Weir
Date:  27 May [1869]
Classmark:  DAR 148: 323
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-6759

To J. J. Weir   1 July [1869]

Summary

"My health got so bad I could do nothing at Down".

Gives information about migration of male and female birds.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  John Jenner Weir
Date:  1 July [1869]
Classmark:  DAR 148: 324
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-6810
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