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Page of Darwin's writing, taken from one of his note books, believed to be prior 

 to 1859. Given to Mr. Cockerell by Dr. Francis Darwin. 



" Southern South America has probably a larger percentage of birds, specifically 

 same, as intertropic S. of equator, compared with Europe ; hence it is closer allied 

 by percentage system, but this can hardly be considered the case 1111 



" If North America had no mammal identical with Europe, same way as S. 

 America has not, then the percentage system would not show that N. America was 

 incomparably closer allied in its mammifers to Europe than S. America is. 



" It comes to this, that the percentage system takes no account of relationship 

 of organisms, when all species different. 



" For instance Galapagos land birds all different from S. American. Yet cer- 

 tainly closest alliance." 



[This is a very good example of his manner of criticizing his own methods, or 

 methods presented to him, and considering the matters involved from every point 

 of view.] 



trary to all custom, on the floor of the senate house. It was Mrs. Hux- 

 ley ; to whom else could the unique distinction have been offered ? 



Degrees were conferred on twenty-one delegates, nearly all of them 

 men whose names are familiar to every biologist. 



Three Americans received degrees, "Wilson, Loeb and Walcott. It is 

 not customary for the university to confer degrees upon its own mem- 



