Fauna
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Birds-168 Note, 1869-02-16
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 84.2: 222r
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In a whole group of Humming Birds it is very curious to observe as Gould showed me that each is characterised by some extraordinary ornament
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1869-02-16
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Birds-169 Note, 1869-03-25
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 84.2: 223
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Harrison Weir says who has [been] making enquiries says "some fanciers have informed me that their [females] often take a fancy to a particular [male]
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1869-03-25
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Birds-170 Note, 1870-06-01 - 1870-06-30
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 84.2: 224
Scope and Contents
Argus pheasant - 10 ornamented primaries - better say all the primaries
Note; by [amanuensis] pp Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1870-06-01 - 1870-06-30
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Birds / Galapagos / under the [illeg] / I was more struck with absence[?] of bright colour (except in rare[?] cases[?]) in Birds insects & flowers, 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 84.1: 171br
Scope and Contents
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin once pinned to See previous item; parts hardly legible
(Note)
Dates:
1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
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Birds (list of generic characters) / Copied from Brisson's Ornithologie 4th Edit p 24, 1826-04-01 - 1826-04-30
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 5: A29
Scope and Contents
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1826-04-01 - 1826-04-30
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Birds / Mr Sharpe tells me that the [female] of Dacelo gaudichaudi which differs only from [male] "in colour not quite & the tail being reddish-brown, 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 84.1: 175r
Scope and Contents
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
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Birds nest Orchis / 2 lower sepals & 1 upper sepal & 2 upper petals form a hood - Labellum with a small cup at base not reflexed even at right angles, 1862-05-17 - 1862-05-21
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 70: 73-74
Scope and Contents
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin; written at Leith Hill Place
(Note)
Dates:
1862-05-17 - 1862-05-21
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Birds No 2 (list of generic characters), 1826-01-01 - 1826-12-31
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 5: A30-A31
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Note; by Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1826-01-01 - 1826-12-31
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Birds of Australia - Gould / Genera with 5 species & upwards / Genera with 4 species / Genera with 3-1 species (table), 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 16: 226-227
Scope and Contents
Note; by [unidentified] pp Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
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Blackbird while in nest..., 1867-08-01 - 1882-04-30
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 84.2: 4r
Scope and Contents
[on reverse of proofs of 'Variation' pp 52-[??]]
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin; on reverse of proofs of 'Variation' pp 52-[??] [published vol. 2 pp 166-[?]] on reverse of proofs of 'Fertilisation' pp 52-[??] dated 19 July / incorrect identification
(Note)
Dates:
1867-08-01 - 1882-04-30
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Darwin Archive
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'Descent of man': portfolios
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'Descent of man': first edition, 1871, and 'Insectivorous Plants'
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'Descent of man' first edition: correspondence and material relating to birds
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'Descent of man' first edition: material relating to birds
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Birds-4 Note
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Bone / 1st Experiment (imperfect)[?], 1873-11-02 - 1873-11-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 57: 145r
Scope and Contents
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1873-11-02 - 1873-11-07
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Borreria nov sp near B valerianoides (This genus not near to Hedyotis), 1868-09-20
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 110: B94-B95
Scope and Contents
Note; by Emma Darwin née Wedgwood pp-and Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1868-09-20
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Bourbon & Mauritius / Timor / Jamaica / West Indies [distribution of fauna], 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 72: 66r
Scope and Contents
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
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Brehm shows that Baboons..., 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 80: B127r
Scope and Contents
[note grouped with related abstract] [shd be an abstract, incorprate into next entry] This item changed to (incorporated) ABSTRACT
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
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British Museum / Expression / Cercopithecus albogularis, 1867-12-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 189: 24r
Scope and Contents
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1867-12-05
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Broom / Covered up branch & this day fertilised 5 flowers with own pollen & p[ollen] from other bush, 1863-05-23 - 1863-05-24
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 76: B58
Scope and Contents
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1863-05-23 - 1863-05-24
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Broom / Dichogam[y] / Flowers kept several days in water even shorter stamens did not protrude [with drawings], 1863-05-01 - 1863-06-30
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 76: B56-B57
Scope and Contents
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1863-05-01 - 1863-06-30
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Broom / Wing-petals do not at all cohere but each rests on horn-like projection from the keel & thus serves to depress the latter [application of ether], 1866-05-01 - 1866-05-31
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 76: B61-B62
Scope and Contents
Note; by Emma Darwin née Wedgwood pp-and Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1866-05-01 - 1866-05-31
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Cabbage / 8 am - 2 Plants further from walk [cleaned with damp sponge], 1877-05-23 - 1877-07-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 66: 57r
Scope and Contents
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1877-05-23 - 1877-07-07
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Cabbage [comparison of crossed and self-fertile plants in number of seed, period of flowering, height, weight, 1866-01-01 - 1871-12-31
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 78: 139-156
Scope and Contents
Note; by [Charles Robert Darwin?] [part excised], 21g, 21h, 21i [in unknown hand], 21k [parts excised], 21i, 21k; 'second' sheets calculations in hand [of Ebenezer Norman?]
(Note)
Dates:
1866-01-01 - 1871-12-31
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Cabbages / Marked with white thread 6 fl[owers] of Cabbage with lacinated leaves of which anthers already open & probably own pollen on, 1863-06-16
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 76: B41r
Scope and Contents
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1863-06-16
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Cabbages / Prepotency / 10h 45 put plenty of pollen on 3 lately opened flowers already apparently with own pollen on of Ragged Jack, 1862-05-24
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 76: B40
Scope and Contents
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1862-05-24
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Caerdeon - Fox-gloves / The 2 upper anthers dehisce sometimes before the 2 lower ones, 1869-08-22
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 79: 168
Scope and Contents
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1869-08-22
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Candytuft crimson - Iberis umbellata var Kermesiana [crossed vs self-fertile plants in germination, height, weight, colour], 1866-01-01 - 1871-12-31
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 78: 122-131
Scope and Contents
Note; by [Charles Robert Darwin?] hand of Emma Darwin née Wedgwood?], 16a-16b, 16b, 16c, 16d [small part excised], 16d, 16e-16f, 16f [part excised]; 'second' sheets calculations in hand of Ebenezer Norman?
(Note)
Dates:
1866-01-01 - 1871-12-31
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Carnations (Dianthus caryophyllus) A large bed of plants raised from self-fert seeds (see Portfolio), 1867-01-01 - 1872-12-31
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 79: 2-8
Scope and Contents
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin; See items 5 and 7 tables excised
(Note)
Dates:
1867-01-01 - 1872-12-31
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