看这封信的注解，基本上就明白了
脚注2
CD's catalogue of reptile specimens collected during the Beagle voyage is in the British Museum (Natural History). His `Diary of observations on zoology' (DAR 30 and 31) does not contain descriptions of a Gal碼pagos snake. The letter is a response to a paper Gunther had read to the Zoological Society of London in January (Gunther 1860). CD may have attended the meeting: he was in London on 24 January (Emma Darwin's diary) and was keen to discuss the distribution of Gal碼pagos birds with Philip Lutley Sclater, the secretary of the Zoological Society (see letter from P. L. Sclater, [3? February 1860], and letter to P. L. Sclater, 4 February [1860]). In the paper, Gunther described a new species of snake (Herpetodryas biserialis) from the Gal碼pagos Islands and stated that it was the only snake found there. Between the date of the meeting and publication of the paper, Gunther's attention was drawn to CD's record of a different species of snake on the Gal碼pagos (Gunther 1860). CD's letter supplied additional information that Gunther appended in a note to his paper (Gunther 1860, p. 97 n.): Darwin says in his Journ. of Research., p. 381, speaking on the Zoology of the Galapagos Islands:—``There is one snake which is numerous; it is identical, as I am informed by M. Bibron, with the Psammophis temminckii from Chile.'' Although subsequently, in the `Erp磂tologie G磂n磂rale,' nothing is mentioned by Dum磂ril and Bibron about the occurrence of P. temminckii, or of any other snake, in these islands, that determination of Bibron may possibly be correct. If such be the case, there are two species of Snakes in that group of islands.
脚注3
When CD published Journal of researches in 1839, he did not have access to the detailed descriptions of his reptile collection. Thomas Bell, who had agreed to describe the collection for Reptiles, passed the snakes on to Gabriel Bibron (Reptiles, p. vi). Bibron, however, was unable to complete the final part of his Erp磂tologie g磂n磂rale (Dum磂ril and Bibron 1834--54), and CD's collection remained undescribed. A pencil note in the back of CD's copy of Journal of researches 2d ed. (Cambridge University Library) reads: `Dr Gunter has shown. Zoolog Soc. Jan 24 60 that the snake from Galapagos is distinct from that of St Domingo: American form'. On page 381, in the margin next to the description of the snake, CD noted in ink: `No | Dr Guunter says endemic species.' CD managed to insert a note about the snake in the revised `postscript' added to the new issue of Journal of researches (1860), p. vii: The snake mentioned at page 381, as being, on the authority of M. Bibron, the same with a Chilian species, is stated by Dr. Gunter (Zoolog. Soc., Jan. 24th, 1859) to be a peculiar species, not known to inhabit any other country. CD erred in the spelling of Gunther's name and in giving 1859 as the year of publication of Gunther 1860.
达尔文有两个小错
第一 贡特尔的名字（没啥 可说的 他是德国人 名字本来就多俩冒号还）
第二 贡特尔论文出版的年份 |
发表于 2007-10-9 20:07:51