To Director, Natura Artis Magistra 28 November 1868
Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
Nov 28 1868
Sir
I hope you will excuse the liberty which I take in writing to you.
Mr Bartlett informs me that you breed both species of Pavo at Amsterdam,1 & he thinks that you would be so kind as to give me information on one point. It is whether the spurs in the young of Pavo muticus are developed earlier or later in life than in the young males of the Pavo cristatus.2 You will perceive that I wish to ascertain whether any relation exists between the period of the development of a part & its transmission to one sex or to both sexes.
Hoping that you will grant this favour I beg leave to remain | Sir | yours faithfully | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Vries, Leonard de. 1981. Het boek van Artis. Utrecht/Aartselaar: A. W. Bruna & Zoon.
Summary
Asks whether the spurs in the young of Pavo muticus are developed earlier or later in life than in the young males of Pavo cristatus.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6484F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Natura Artis Magistra (Artis).
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Stadsarchief Amsterdam (395: 614)
- Physical description
- LS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6484F,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-6484F.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 16
