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Book Title
Handbook to The birds of Australia
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Publication Details
London Publishe by the author 1865
Year
1865
DOI
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Cambridge University Library
Sponsor
JISC & NEH
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Darwin's copy.
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[continues overleaf] lines 15—14 score
line 4 underline "this ... deep"
from End Slip, Side 1 annotation horizontally crossed 118    Merops    Young


lines 6—9 double score
from End Slip, Side 1 annotation vertically crossed 135 — good case Kingfisher with sexes curiously differnt — yng male like female
show subjects subjects


lines 15—17 score
from End Note annotation 145    variation in nests

lines 6—1 score
from End Slip, Side 1 annotation    145 Y.
        168.
        177
        181


lines 13—15 score
from End Slip, Side 1 annotation    145 Y.
        168.
        177
        181


lines 6—5 score
line 4 underline "back ... and"
line 2 underline "white"
from End Slip, Side 1 annotation    145 Y.
        168.
        177
        181


lines 16—15 score
line 16 underline "brown"
lines 14—10 score
line 11 underline "throat ... than"
line 10 underline "plumage, ... singular"
line 9 underline "next ... takes"
lines 8—6 score
from End Slip, Side 1 annotation    193 Y complex changes
        196


lines 2—8 score
line 3 underline "throat ... back"
line 4 underline "jet-black"
line 7 underline "uniform ... head"
lines 20—21 underline "throat ... grey"
from End Slip, Side 1 annotation    193 Y complex changes
        196


line 12 underline "Campephagae ... Graucali"

line 10 underline "sexes ... colour"
from End Slip, Side 1 annotation    200 sexes
show subjects subjects


lines 8—11 score
line 8 underline "sexes ... alike"
line 8 underline "young"
lines 10—14 annotation obscure bird
from End Slip, Side 1 annotation    260 . sexes alike yng differt
        266 do
        277


bottom-margin apparently unintentional mark


lines 5—4 score
from End Slip, Side 1 annotation    278t01 Nt02
t01 - `278' in dark brown ink
t02 - `N' in blue crayon
show subjects subjects

lines 3—1 score
line 2 underline "black ... scarlet"
show subjects subjects


lines 1—4 score


lines 10—6 score
line 9 underline "small ... hillocks"
from End Slip, Side 1 annotation 300 Menura visits same mounds


lines 13—10 score
lines 4—2 score
line 3 underline "appearance ... roofed"


[continuation] 1—3 score
from End Slip, Side 1 annotation 310 tail & nest of Menura

lines 6—2 score in pale pencil
from End Slip, Side 1 annotation 310 tail & nest of Menura


lines 9—11 score
line 12 underline "domed ... one"


lines 6—9 score
line 9 annotation (a)
lines 11—13 score
line 12 underline "build dome"
top-margin annotation (a) Mny specis all as far as knwn differ gretly by sex & build dome nests
from End Slip, Side 2 annotation vertically crossed 317 Nt01 Nest dome — yet ♀ obscure — strng against Wallace
     splndid Birds drg Bredng seasont02
t01 - `N' in blue crayon
t02 - `splndid Birds ... season' in brown ink


lines 8—7 score
line 8 underline "which ... shaped"


line 3 underline "dome-shaped"


lines 5—7 score
line 6 underline "opening ... side"


lines 19—20 score
line 19 underline "domed"
show subjects subjects


lines 9—8 score
line 9 underline "entrance ... about"


lines 17—19 score
line 17 underline "dome-shaped nests"


lines 16—19 score
line 17 underline "which ... size"
from End Slip, Side 2 annotation vertically crossed 395 ♀ less than half size of males (Q)t01t02
t01 - `395 ♀ ... (Q)' horizontally crossed
t02 - `✔' in reddish-orange crayon


lines 3—5 score cancelled
line 4 underline "dome-shaped"


lines 8—6 score
lines 7—5 underline "upper ... white"
from End Slip, Side 2 annotation vertically crossed horizontally crossed 419 castanotis .


lines 1—3 score
top-margin annotation 3. genera, «no doubt» co-[?]descent by some [?]ancstor bird, which acquired ther strnge instinct .
from End Slip, Side 2 annotation vertically crossed horizontally crossed 442    Bower Bird — Give figure    to 461


[continues overleaf] lines 13—10 score
line 12 underline "differed"
line 11 underline "a third larger"
lines 6—4 score
lines 3—1 score


lines 2—4 score
lines 5—7 score
line 3 underline in blue crayon "blue tail-feathers"
lines 3—4 underline in blue crayon "Parrakeets ... snails"
line 5 underline in blue crayon "inserted among"
line 6 underline in blue crayon "strewed"
lines 11—14 score
line 11 underline in blue crayon "neatly ... tomahawk"
line 12 underline in blue crayon "some ... cotton"
lines 16—17 underline "which ... males"
lines 19—20 annotation in reddish-orange crayon X
lines 26—27 underline in blue crayon "Both ... principal"
line 29 annotation in reddish-orange crayon X
line 29 underline in blue crayon "pick ... leaf"
line 32 underline "opening ... the"


lines 2—6 score
lines 7—9 score
line 8 underline "both ... these"
lines 9—12 double score
line 12 annotation (Q)
lines 12—14 underline in blue crayon "These ... discovered"


lines 14—18 score
line 16 underline "2 ... long"
line 22 annotation
line 22 annotation in reddish-orange crayon X
lines 22—23 underline "flying ... side"

lines 9—7 score
line 8 underline "the ... pink"


lines 1—2 score
line 2 underline in reddish-orange crayon "three ... in"
line 3 underline in blue crayon "beautifully ... grasses"
line 5 underline in blue crayon "bivalve shells"
lines 5—6 underline "crania ... exposure"
lines 10—16 score
line 10 underline in blue crayon "stones ... within"
lines 16—17 underline "had ... bones"
line 17 annotation in reddish-orange crayon X
line 21 underline in blue crayon "round"
lines 23—24 score
line 24 underline "formed ... individuals"


[continuation] 1—3 score
line 1 underline in reddish-orange crayon "thick platform"
line 1 underline in reddish-orange crayon "nearly 4"
line 1 annotation in reddish-orange crayon X
line 3 underline in blue crayon "snail ... berry"
lines 9—12 score
line 10 underline in reddish-orange crayon "4 ... high"
line 10 annotation in reddish-orange crayon X
line 11 underline in blue crayon "some ... berries"


lines 2—6 score
lines 8—11 score
lines 13—8 score
from End Slip, Side 2 annotation vertically crossed horizontally crossed 442    Bower Bird — Give figure    to 461


lines 10—14 score
from End Slip, Side 2 annotation vertically crossed    471    Corcorax displayng himself to utmst advntget01t02
t01 - `471 Corcorax ... advntge' horizontally crossed
t02 - `✔' in reddish-orange crayon


lines 5—7 score
line 6 underline "rest ... shaped"


lines 1—5 score
line 3 underline "a hundred"
from End Slip, Side 2 annotation vertically crossed 597 peculiar noise made by wings by malest01t02
t01 - `597 peculiar ... males' horizontally crossed
t02 - `✔' in reddish-orange crayon