From Robert Swinhoe 14 April 1863
Summary
Difference in plumage of Ardeola, a species of heron, in summer and winter. [See Descent 2: 190.]
Author: | Robert Swinhoe |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 14 Apr 1863 |
Classmark: | DAR 84.1: 18–19 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4094 |
From Robert Swinhoe 4 August 1868
Summary
Discusses a domestic oriental fowl.
Is having problems getting answers to CD’s queries on expression as Chinese facial expressions are limited and controlled. Answers as well as he can. [See Expression index.]
Author: | Robert Swinhoe |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 4 Aug 1868 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 331 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6303 |
From Robert Swinhoe 12 November 1862
Summary
Sends CD a specimen of the domestic pigeon of China.
Discusses a race of ducks he believes are hybrids between the Muscovy and Chinese domestic duck.
Author: | Robert Swinhoe |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 12 Nov 1862 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 326 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3803 |
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- … B. 1987. Robert Swinhoe (1836–1877), FRS, FZS, FRGS: a Victorian naturalist in Treaty Port China. Geographical Journal 153: 37–47. Origin : On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. …
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