From W. D. Fox 8 March [1856]
Summary
Is trying to procure some cocks for CD.
Believes Scotch deerhounds are mongrels.
| Author: | William Darwin Fox |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Mar [1856] |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 174 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1646 |
From John Morris 1 March 1856
Summary
Informs CD on age of land, freshwater, and marine Mollusca.
| Author: | John Morris |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Mar 1856 |
| Classmark: | DAR 205.2: 246 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1835 |
From M. J. Berkeley 7 March 1856
Summary
Reports on breeding experiments with various seeds: corn, aubergine, kidney beans, sugar-peas. Speculates that cause of changes in seed colour in sugar-peas may be mere variation rather than result of impregnation.
| Author: | Miles Joseph Berkeley |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Mar 1856 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 174 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1836 |
From Thomas Hutton 8 March 1856
Summary
TH believes that the progeny of hybrid crosses, in which a domesticated or "artificial" race is involved, tend to resemble the more "natural" of their parents [see Natural selection, p. 486].
Provides some information on local hybrid domestic geese [see Natural selection, p. 439] and pigeons.
| Author: | Thomas Hutton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Mar 1856 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 283 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1838 |
From Edward Blyth [c. 22 March 1856]
Summary
Gives references to works on fowls and pigeons.
Observations on Gallinaceae.
Musk ox skull from southern England is additional evidence for Agassiz’s glacial period. Owen is mistaken in calling it a buffalo.
EB describes the buffalo proper.
Will send domestic pigeon specimens.
Believes pigeons were not bred in India before the Mohammedan conquest. Describes Indian breeds.
Believes the ass is an African rather than an Asian production. Discusses various species of ass and their distribution.
Wild horned cattle on borders of Pilibhit and Shahjahanpur.
[Notes received by CD on 6 May 1856.]
| Author: | Edward Blyth |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [c. 22 Mar 1856] |
| Classmark: | DAR 98: 133–9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1845 |
| letter | (5) |
| Berkeley, M. J. | (1) |
| Blyth, Edward | (1) |
| Fox, W. D. | (1) |
| Hutton, Thomas | (1) |
| Morris, John | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (5) |
| Berkeley, M. J. | (1) |
| Blyth, Edward | (1) |
| Fox, W. D. | (1) |
| Hutton, Thomas | (1) |
