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To W. B. Tegetmeier   26 May 1868

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Did not know of complex change of plumage. From WBT’s letter, CD thinks six weeks to two months old is the best period. Sends details of breeds and other particulars.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Bernhard Tegetmeier
Date:  26 May 1868
Classmark:  Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-6210

From George Cupples   26 May 1868

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Refers to letter from John Wright offering to help CD on his queries about deerhounds and sexual preferences.

More details about a terrier bitch previously referred to [letter missing].

Author:  George Cupples
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  26 May 1868
Classmark:  DAR 83: 127–8
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-6211

To William Henty   26 May 1868

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Thanks WH for sending a table about sheep. Wishes to know if the sheep belonged to one or several breeds. Mr Harward, a breeder of shorthorns, has tried M. Thury’s plan, and it failed.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Henty
Date:  26 May 1868
Classmark:  Clifford D. Stromberg (private collection)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-6211F
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William Yarrell

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William Yarrell was a London businessman, a stationer and bookseller, who became an expert on British birds and fish, writing standard reference works on both.  He was a member of several science and natural history societies, including the Linnean Society…

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