From Edward Bartlett 16 October 1871
70 Delancey Street | Regents Park | N.W.
Oct 16. 71.
Dear Sir,
The Egyptian geese feed (in the water) they do not move their heads from side to side (laterally) like the duck that sift the food, their mode of tearing and biting the herbage is much the same as the common goose1
I am sorry not to be able to send more particulars as I have had but little opportunity of watching the birds, thee birds and Po Or came safly to hand for which I return my thanks,2 I am | Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Edward Bartlett
Footnotes
Bibliography
Origin 6th ed.: The origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. 6th edition, with additions and corrections. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872.
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.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8011
- From
- Edward Bartlett
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Regents Park
- Source of text
- DAR 160: 51
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8011,” accessed on
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 19
