From J. Noordhoek Hegt 11 December 1868
Koninklijk Zoologisch Genootschap: | Natura Artis Magistra, | Amsterdam.
11th Dec: 1868
Chs Darwin, Esq: | Down. | Bromley Kent S.E.
Sir,
In answer to your kind letter of 28th Novbr. I have the honour to inform you; that we bred this year two Pavo spicifer, which I suppose are male & female.—1 Neither one of them has got any Sign of spur as yet. They are quite healthy and of the same size as a young Pavo cristatus, and two Pavo cristatus var: alba, all from the same Nest.2 The eggs were hatched by a Turkey.— They are now six months old. If in Spring there should be a difference in the Size of the spurs between the two species, I will let you know.—
With highest esteem I have the honour to be: | Your’s obediently | J. Noordhoek Hegt | Dir adj.
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Footnotes
Summary
On spurs in peacocks. [See Descent 1: 290 n.]
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6499
- From
- J. Noordhoek Hegt
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- K. Zool. Genoot., Amsterdam
- Source of text
- DAR 86: A39
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp †
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6499,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-6499.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 16
