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Antonia

This character is the narrator in "The Behavior of the Hawkweeds. "

Tati

This character is a grandfather of the narrator of the story "The Behavior of the Hawkweeds."

Gregor Mendel

This character experiments with the hybridization of edible peas.

Richard

This character is born with six fingers on their left hand, but has the extra one removed in a childhood surgery.

Carl Linnaeus

This character has had a series of strokes causing memories to fade.

Rotheram

This character is an English pupil who lives at Hammarby.

Jonathan

This character teaches botany at a small college near Albany before taking a summer trip to the island.

Ruby

This character teaches invertebrate zoology at a college in the Berkshires before taking a summer trip to the island.

Sarah Anne Billopp

This character questions Linnaeus' theory that swallows hibernate under water during the winter.

Christopher Billopp

This character is left...

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