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To W. B. Tegetmeier 6 February [1857]
Summary
Would welcome eggs of any rumpless fowl so that he can investigate how early in development rudimentary organs are rudimentary.
Has not noticed much difference between skeletons of ducks.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
Date: | 6 Feb [1857] |
Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2048 |
To W. B. Tegetmeier 11 February [1857]
Summary
CD is sending two pairs of Persian fowl, from Hon. C. Murray.
Thanks WBT for various offers: a drake, a young silk fowl, a rumpless chick.
The German pouters are not old-fashioned ones but fancy birds, probably crosses since they do not breed true.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
Date: | 11 Feb [1857] |
Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2051 |
To W. B. Tegetmeier 18 February [1857]
Summary
Has some fowls from Sir James Brooke, which WBT might like to display at Zoological Society.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
Date: | 18 Feb [1857] |
Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2054 |