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Essay on the physiognomy of serpents.

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Edition of Charles Darwin's Reading Notes
by Di Gregorio & Gill
(Darwin Manuscripts Project: darwin.amnh.org)

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top-margin annotation W^m. Twining MD Ap. 1844

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from annotation 10 Many innocuous serpents «(Q)» have grooved teeth p42 on do. «important» —47 (Q)

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lines 3—17 annotation good passage if such forms did not exist now, we sh^d. marvel at the transition. p. 24
from annotation 22 Snakes & Lizards a good gap well filled up p 24

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line 8 underline "difficult ... impossible"
from annotation 22 Snakes & Lizards a good gap well filled up p 24

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⇑line 11 underline "Pygopus"
⇑lines 11—9 annotation snake or lizard ? ?

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line 10 underline "but ... lung"
lines 7—13 annotation “ ”
lines 7—13 annotation (Q)

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⇑line 7 underline "external"
⇑line 6 underline "constant"
⇑lines 17—11 annotation (Q)
from annotation 26 Great changes in position of viscera owing to shape «(Q)» of body «correlatn Ch 7» ; & gret differenc in differnt «forms» External organs more constant

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⇑lines 3—2 underline "in ... vertebrae"
from annotation 27 Number of vertebrae differing in s￭ame^￭ species

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from annotation 38 Rudiments of posterior extremities in 3 genera

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line 5 underline "salivary"

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line 19 underline "anterior end"
⇑line 10 underline "posterior part"
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⇑line 7 underline "more ... saliva"
⇑lines 10—5 annotation (Q)

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⇑line 10 underline "fatal"

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from annotation 45 Snakes with tips of ribs forming teeth (Q)

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[continues overleaf] ⇑lines 10—9 underline "developed ... venomous"
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Explains origin of teeth

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line 9 annotation Salivary
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line 15 underline "tendinous band"
line 21 underline "tendinous"
line 23 underline "to ... articulation"

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line 1 underline "dangerous"
line 1 at "consequences" annotation is it painful, at once

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from annotation 55 ‹Pancreas› «Spleen» differs in species & varies in individuals. (Q)

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lines 7—9 annotation in brown ink (Q)
from annotation 80 Crotalus mutus has spine^t01 not rattle (N.Q)

t01 - underlined in reddish-orange crayon

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⇑line 4 underline "local variations"
⇑line 4 annotation ?
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⇑line 1 underline "190 to 217"
bottom-margin annotation Plenty of cases afterwards show no^r of vertebrae vary

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line 10 underline "known ... Africa"
line 15 underline "curious"
lines 19—20 underline "This ... species"
lines 15—21 annotation a wanderer
from annotation 146. Coluber canus only species of genus in S. Africa & abnormal species

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line 16 underline "most ... means"

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bottom-margin annotation Snakes can live without eating 6 & 18 months

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⇑lines 5—1 annotation not volcanic Isl^ds

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line 20 underline "other species"
lines 21—22 underline "often ... Antilles"
⇑line 15 crossing-out "Japan"
⇑line 15 annotation Java
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from annotation 199 ∗ Snakes in Isl^s of Pacific

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lines 7—26 annotation Now when a genus ranges widely & yet has some peculiaty of colourng, it w^d appear to be descent.
from annotation 203 Section of genus Elaps, trifling distinction in S. America (& shows persistenc «of trifling characters»

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from annotation 206 Corvus cornix & Corone breeding at Dresden (Ch. 4)

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from annotation 207 Sardinia has many vars. (but not many distinct species)

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⇑line 13 underline "elevation ... species"

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⇑line 12 at "Cameleon" annotation (Q) →
⇑line 12 underline "forked nose"
⇑lines 20—7 annotation case, I suspect, of great peculiarity, variable.

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from annotation 218 Many Mammals of Japan identical

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top-margin annotation Sea & Land must have been connected between Europe & Japan. —

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line 11 underline "laudatus"
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⇑lines 7—6 underline "Saurians ... Ophidians"
from annotation 219 Saurians & snakes of Japan all distinct from Europe. Frogs th same !

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bottom-margin annotation what a difficulty introduction of F.W. Eel in Otaheite & some of the Antarctic Is^ds.— Do not thy breed in Sea.

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⇑line 11 underline "Timor"
⇑line 11 annotation ⸮
from annotation 222 «to 226, 8 — to 235» The Monkey of Timor a darker var. this looks as if endemic & other Mammals.

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top-margin annotation consult Waterhouse.—

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line 18 underline cancelled "Timor"
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from annotation 222 «to 226, 8 — to 235» The Monkey of Timor a darker var. this looks as if endemic & other Mammals.

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from annotation 222 «to 226, 8 — to 235» The Monkey of Timor a darker var. this looks as if endemic & other Mammals.

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line 26 underline "Marianne Islands"
line 28 underline "Timor"
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from annotation 222 «to 226, 8 — to 235» The Monkey of Timor a darker var. this looks as if endemic & other Mammals.

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line 32 underline "Marianne"
from annotation 222 «to 226, 8 — to 235» The Monkey of Timor a darker var. this looks as if endemic & other Mammals.

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lines 23—24 underline "Sumatra ... Borneo"

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top-margin annotation Sumatra & Java vry different soils—

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⇑line 17 underline "islands ... Timor"
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from annotation 222 «to 226, 8 — to 235» The Monkey of Timor a darker var. this looks as if endemic & other Mammals.

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from annotation 222 «to 226, 8 — to 235» The Monkey of Timor a darker var. this looks as if endemic & other Mammals.

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line 12 underline "No Antelopes"
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from annotation 222 «to 226, 8 — to 235» The Monkey of Timor a darker var. this looks as if endemic & other Mammals.

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from annotation 222 «to 226, 8 — to 235» The Monkey of Timor a darker var. this looks as if endemic & other Mammals.

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from annotation 222 «to 226, 8 — to 235» The Monkey of Timor a darker var. this looks as if endemic & other Mammals.

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line 25 underline "Canis ... Javanicus"
from annotation 222 «to 226, 8 — to 235» The Monkey of Timor a darker var. this looks as if endemic & other Mammals.

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from annotation 222 «to 226, 8 — to 235» The Monkey of Timor a darker var. this looks as if endemic & other Mammals.

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from annotation 222 «to 226, 8 — to 235» The Monkey of Timor a darker var. this looks as if endemic & other Mammals.

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from annotation 240 N. America in Reptiles seems to have derived from South (do not range far N.

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