Darwin himself thought his new finds should go to the "largest & most central collection", not the Cambridge Philosophical Society museum that Henslow was setting up at Cambridge, but after getting Henslow's willing agreement to take delivery of the consignments of specimens, Darwin replied that he hoped to give some to the Cambridge museum.
O propio Darwin pensaba que os seus novos descubrimentos deberían ir á "colección máis grande e central", non ao museo da Sociedade Filosófica de Cambridge que Henslow estaba fundando en Cambridge, pero despois de conseguir o acordo voluntario de Henslow de recibir o envío dos espécimes, Darwin respondeu que esperaba doar algúns ao museo de Cambridge.