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To F. B. Zincke   7 November 1881

Summary

Would like to cite the case of the celt in a new printing of Earthworms. Asks for details.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Foster Barham Zincke
Date:  7 Nov 1881
Classmark:  Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13468

From C. J. Breese   7 November 1881

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Summary

Sends CD an abstract of his 1871 paper on the earthworm, and requests information on the phenomenon of luminosity.

Author:  Charles James Breese
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  7 Nov 1881
Classmark:  DAR 160: 289
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13469

From Sarah Marshall   7 November 1881

Summary

Can CD explain why in a mollusc (Bulimus decollatus) immature forms are always broken at the apex.

Author:  Sarah Marshall
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  7 Nov 1881
Classmark:  DAR 171: 43
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13470

To Nature   7 November [1881]

Summary

Summarises letter of William Nation [13350]. The facts given strongly support the conclusion that there is some close connection between the parasitic habits of birds that lay their eggs in others’ nests and the fact of their laying eggs at "considerable intervals of time".

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Nature
Date:  7 Nov [1881]
Classmark:  Nature, 17 November 1881, p. 51
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13471