The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms: With Observations on Their HabitsDarwin, Charles
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The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms: With Observations on Their Habits
Darwin, Charles
Earthworms; Humification; Soils
{40} Claparède doubts whether saliva is secreted by worms: see
‘Zeitschrift für wissenschaft. Zoologie,’ B. xix. 1869, p. 601.
{41a} Perrier, ‘Archives de Zoolog. expér.’ July, 1874, pp. 416, 419.
{41b} ‘Zeitschrift für wissenschaft. Zoologie,’ B. xix, 1869, pp.
603–606.
{46} De Vries, ‘Landwirth. Jahrbücher,’ 1881, p. 77.
{49} M. Foster, ‘A Text-Book of Physiology,’ 2nd edit. 1878, p. 243.
{50} M. Foster, _ut sup._ p. 200.
{53} Claparède remarks (‘Zeitschrift für wisseuschaft. Zoolog.’ B. 19,
1869, p. 602) that the pharynx appears from its structure to be adapted
for suction.
{58} An account of her observations is given in the ‘Gardeners’
Chronicle,’ March 28th, 1868, p. 324.
{59a} London’s ‘Gard. Mag.’ xvii. p. 216, as quoted in the ‘Catalogue of
the British Museum Worms,’ 1865, p. 327.
{59b} ‘Familie der Regenwürmer,’ p. 19.
{79} In these narrow triangles the apical angle is 9° 34′, and the basal
angles 85° 13′. In the broader triangles the apical angle is 19° 10′ and
the basal angles 80° 25′.
{89a} See his interesting work, ‘Souvenirs entomologiques,’ 1879, pp.
168–177.
{89b} Möbius, ‘Die Bewegungen der Thiere,’ &c., 1873, p. 111.
{90} ‘Annals and Mag. of N. History,’ series ii. vol. ix. 1852, p. 333.
{93} ‘Archives de Zoolog. expér.’ tom. iii. 1874, p. 405.
{97} I state this on the authority of Semper, ‘Reisen im Archipel der
Philippinen,’ Th. ii. 1877, p. 30.
{101} Dr. King gave me some worms collected near Nice, which, as he
believes, had constructed these castings. They were sent to M. Perrier,
who with great kindness examined and named them for me: they consisted of
_Perichæta affinis_, a native of Cochin China and of the Philippines; _P.
Luzonica_, a native of Luzon in the Philippines; and _P. Houlleti_, which
lives near Calcutta. M. Perrier informs me that species of Perichæta
have been naturalized in the gardens near Montpellier and in Algiers.
Before I had any reason to suspect that the tower-like castings from Nice
had been formed by worms not endemic in the country, I was greatly
surprised to see how closely they resembled castings sent to me from near
Calcutta, where it is known that species of Perichæta abound.
{102} ‘Zeitschrift für wissenschaft. Zoolog.’ B. xxviii. 1877, p. 364.
{108} ‘Zeitschrift für wissenschaft. Zoolog.’ B. xxviii. 1877, p. 356.
{113} Perrier, ‘Archives de Zoolog. expér.’ tom. 3, p. 378, 1874.
{126} This case is given in a postscript to my paper in the ‘Transact.
Geolog. Soc.’ (Vol. v. p. 505), and contains a serious error, as in the
account received I mistook the figure 30 for 80. The tenant, moreover,
formerly said that he had marled the field thirty years before, but was
now positive that this was done in 1809, that is twenty-eight years
before the first examination of the field by my friend. The error, as
far as the figure 80 is concerned, was corrected in an article by me, in
the ‘Gardeners’ Chronicle,’ 1844, p. 218.
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