th ' s ▁work ▁on ▁orn ith ology ▁led ▁him ▁to ▁be ▁recognized ▁as ▁the ▁father ▁of ▁Indian ▁orn ith ology ▁a ▁title ▁later ▁transferred ▁to ▁All an ▁Oct av ian ▁H ume . ▁ ▁He ▁married ▁a ▁wid ow , ▁Mrs . ▁H od ges ▁( born ▁S utton ) ▁who ▁had ▁moved ▁to ▁India , ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 4 . ▁She ▁however ▁died ▁in ▁December ▁ 1 8 5 7 , ▁a ▁shock ▁which ▁led ▁to ▁his ▁health ▁d eter ior ating ▁from ▁then ▁on . ▁ ▁On ▁natural ▁selection ▁ ▁Edward ▁B ly th ▁wrote ▁three ▁articles ▁on ▁variation , ▁discuss ing ▁the ▁effects ▁of ▁artificial ▁selection ▁and ▁describing ▁the ▁process ▁in ▁nature ▁as ▁rest oring ▁organ isms ▁in ▁the ▁wild ▁to ▁their ▁arch et ype ▁( r ather ▁than ▁forming ▁new ▁species ). ▁However , ▁he ▁never ▁actually ▁used ▁the ▁term ▁" natural ▁selection ". ▁These ▁articles ▁were ▁published ▁in ▁The ▁Magazine ▁of ▁Natural ▁History ▁between ▁ 1 8 3 5 ▁and ▁ 1 8 3 7 . ▁ ▁In ▁February ▁ 1 8 5 5 ▁Charles ▁Dar win , ▁seeking ▁information ▁on ▁variations ▁in ▁domestic ated ▁animals ▁of ▁various ▁countries , ▁wrote ▁to ▁B ly th ▁who ▁was ▁" m uch ▁grat ified ▁to ▁learn ▁that ▁a ▁subject ▁in ▁which ▁I ▁have ▁always ▁felt ▁the ▁deep est ▁interest ▁has ▁been ▁undert aken ▁by ▁one ▁so ▁compet ent ▁to ▁treat ▁of ▁it ▁in ▁all ▁its ▁bear ings " ▁and ▁they ▁correspond ed ▁on ▁the ▁subject . ▁B