To Edward Bartlett 1 July [1871]
Summary
Thanks for ducks’ skins, for which he encloses postal order.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Edward Bartlett |
Date: | 1 July [1871] |
Classmark: | Houghton Library, Harvard University (Autograph File, D) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7843 |
To Edward Bartlett [24] September [1871]
Summary
Thanks for goose specimens.
Asks whether Egyptian goose throws water out of side of beak. Can it tear herbage like the domestic goose?
[Mistakenly dated 16 Sept by CD.]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Edward Bartlett |
Date: | [24] Sept [1871] |
Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7965 |
To Edward Bartlett 15 October [1871]
Summary
Asks for information on feeding habits of Egyptian goose.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Edward Bartlett |
Date: | 15 Oct [1871] |
Classmark: | Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library, Harvard University (bMs 7.10.3(3)) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8010 |
To Edward Bartlett 17 October [1871]
Summary
Thanks for note received.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Edward Bartlett |
Date: | 17 Oct [1871] |
Classmark: | Gerard A. J. Stodolski (dealer) (January 2022, item 210266) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8011F |
From Edward Bartlett 20 September 1871
Summary
Reports on variations in the development of lamellae and how the bills are used in several kinds of geese. Will send skins for examination.
Author: | Edward Bartlett |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 20 Sept 1871 |
Classmark: | DAR 160: 49 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7954 |
From Edward Bartlett 21 September 1871
Author: | Edward Bartlett |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 21 Sept 1871 |
Classmark: | DAR 160: 50 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7959 |
From Edward Bartlett 16 October 1871
Summary
Replies on how Egyptian geese feed in the water; they do not move heads laterally like ducks sifting water; they tear herbage like common geese.
Author: | Edward Bartlett |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 16 Oct 1871 |
Classmark: | DAR 160: 51 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8011 |
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