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To commemorate Darwin's visit to the Galapagos archipelago, a selection of the more characteristic forms of the reptiles and the birds, which were the elements of the fauna that especially claimed Darwin's attention, is exhibited in the Reptile Gallery of the British Museum (Natural History), South Kensington; some of the specimens, indeed, were collected by Darwin himself. Series of mock-ing-thrushes (Nesomimus) and finches (Geospiza) are arranged to show the variations in structure and distribution which are described in the “Journal of Researches” and which have puzzled ornithologists ever since. The characteristic giant tortoises, and marine and terrestrial iguanas are also shown, and attention is directed to the destruction of the fauna during the past century and to the imminent danger of its disappearance owing to the introduction and uncontrolled spread of predatory domestic animals.
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Galapagos Exhibition at the Natural History Museum. Nature 136, 506 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136506c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/136506c0