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Fauna

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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 1506 Collections and/or Records:

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Expression / Tickling causes laughter when part not usually touched is touched, 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 195.4: 59r
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
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Expression / Two or 3 sp[ecies] of Macacus & some other monkeys when making their silent jabbering noise from pleasure, 1870-06-29

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 189: 47
Scope and Contents

Note; by Emma Darwin née Wedgwood pp Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1870-06-29
Conditions Governing Access: From the Class: Very fragile material - access may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please seek guidance.
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Expression / Wallace says when ourang tickled he has certainly seen it smile, 1866-11-28

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 189: 12r
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1866-11-28
Conditions Governing Access: From the Class: Very fragile material - access may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please seek guidance.
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Expression / When I walk Bobby expects me to stop at Hothouse, 1865-10-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 189: 10r
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1865-10-01
Conditions Governing Access: From the Class: Very fragile material - access may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please seek guidance.
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Expression / Z[oological] Gardens / Chimpanzee young - brought into sunlight, 1869-11-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 189: 39
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1869-11-05
Conditions Governing Access: From the Class: Very fragile material - access may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please seek guidance.
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Expression / Z[oological] Gardens / snake made Peccary erect all hairs wonderfully along back, 1868-03-28

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 189: 31r
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1868-03-28
Conditions Governing Access: From the Class: Very fragile material - access may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please seek guidance.
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Expression Zoolog[ical] Gardens - Some of the baboons & a Cercopithecus, 1867-12-06

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 189: 26r
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1867-12-06
Conditions Governing Access: From the Class: Very fragile material - access may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please seek guidance.
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Falconer has discovered..., 1840-01-01 - 1882-04-30

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 205.9: 272r
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1840-01-01 - 1882-04-30
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
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Fear is equally antagonistic to anger as joy - why does not dog wag tail when afraid, 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 189: 85
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
Conditions Governing Access: From the Class: Very fragile material - access may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please seek guidance.
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Featherstonaugh says Elephants..., 1840-01-01 - 1882-04-30

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 205.9: 57cr
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1840-01-01 - 1882-04-30
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
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Fertilisation of Flowers 1840-1r, 1840-04-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 49: 1br
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin; written at Shrewsbury


(Note)

Dates: 1840-04-05
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
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Fertilisation of Flowers 1840-1v, 1840-04-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 49: 1bv
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1840-04-05
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
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Fertilisation of Flowers 1841-10, 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 49: 16r
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin; written at Maer and North Wales


(Note)

Dates: 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
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Fibro-cartilage from foot joint of Sheep / The joint had been slightly roasted but cartilage quite white, 1809-11-03 - 1882-11-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 60.1: 119-120
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1809-11-03 - 1882-11-03
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
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Fibro-cartilage tail of Sheep [application also of saliva, acetic acid], 1874-07-01 - 1874-07-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 57: 99r
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin part by Sir Francis Darwin; stuck together; on reverse of fragment of related draft text


(Note)

Dates: 1874-07-01 - 1874-07-07
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
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Fibrous basis of bone decalcified by Hydrochloric acid by Frank (Sheep's Bone) [application also of saliva], 1874-07-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 57: 118r
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1874-07-09
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
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Fish & Reptiles-1 Miscellaneous, 1870-01-01 - 1882-04-30

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 82: B1ar
Scope and Contents

wrapper for items DAR 82: B1b- annotated 'Scraps Fish Reptiles Sexual Selection'


Miscellaneous; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Miscellaneous)

Dates: 1870-01-01 - 1882-04-30
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
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Fish & Reptiles-3 Note, 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 82: B2r
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Chelonia / Günther / Is it common in the Tail to be longer in [males]? G answers [males] of some species have longer tails


Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
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Fish & Reptiles-4 Note, 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 82: B3
Scope and Contents

G[ünther] says he can certainly recognise the males of most snakes for instance the English snakes


Note; by [unidentified] pp-and Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
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Fish & Reptiles-5 Note, 1840-01-01 - 1882-04-30

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 82: B4r
Scope and Contents

Of tail-less batrachians G[ünther] knows permanent structural differences only in Megalophrys montana


Note; by Emma Darwin née Wedgwood pp-and Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1840-01-01 - 1882-04-30
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
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Fish & Reptiles-6 Note, 1867-06-21

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 82: B5-B6
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Fishes / Günther says that most male fishes such as tench perch roach during breeding season are brighter coloured than the females


Note; by Emma Darwin née Wedgwood pp Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1867-06-21
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
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Fish & Reptiles-8 Note, 1867-12-01 - 1867-12-31

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 82: B9r
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Gunther / Labrus mixtus male orange with various bright blue stripes female bright red with some black marks


Note; by Emma Darwin née Wedgwood pp-and Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1867-12-01 - 1867-12-31
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
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Fish & Reptiles-10 Note, 1868-03-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 82: B10-B12
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Gunther / Cyprinodonts will be described in Zoolog T[ransactions]


Note; by Emma Darwin née Wedgwood pp Charles Robert Darwin; See item B12 bottom two thirds excised


(Note)

Dates: 1868-03-07
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
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Fish & Reptiles-11 Note, 1809-03-23 - 1882-03-23

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 82: B13
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Dr Günther showed me male & female of Placostomus barbatus a siluroid fish from f[resh] water of S[outh] America


Note; by [unidentified] pp Charles Robert Darwin; written at B[ritish] Mus[eum]


(Note)

Dates: 1809-03-23 - 1882-03-23
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
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Fish & Reptiles-22 Note, 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 82: B30
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Head of [male] & [female] Salmon - specially of S[almo] lycardon


Note; by Charles Robert Darwin; illegible fragment of other notes on reverse


(Note)

Dates: 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.