[357] Bechstein, 'Naturgesch. der Stubenvögel,' 1840, s. 20.
[358] 'Ornithological Biography,' vol. v. p. 517.
[359] A case is recorded in 'The Zoologist,' vol. i.-ii., 1843-45, p. 453. For the siskin breeding, vol. iii.-iv., 1845-46, p. 1075. Bechstein, 'Stubenvögel,' s. 139, speaks of bullfinches making nests, but rarely producing young.
[360] Yarrell's 'Hist. British Birds,' 1839, vol. i. p. 412.
[361] Loudon's 'Mag. of Nat. History,' vol. ix., 1836, p. 347.
[362] 'Mémoires du Muséum d'Hist. Nat.,' tom. x. p. 314: five cases of parrots breeding in France are here recorded. See, also, 'Report Brit. Assoc. Zoolog.,' 1843.
[363] 'Stubenvögel,' s. 105, 83.
[364] Dr. Hancock remarks ('Charlesworth's Mag. of Nat. Hist.,' vol. ii., 1838, p. 492), "it is singular that, amongst the numerous useful birds that are indigenous to Guiana, none are found to propagate among the Indians; yet the common fowl is reared in abundance throughout the country."
[365] 'A Week at Port Royal,' 1855, p. 7.
[366] Audubon, 'American Ornithology,' vol. v. pp. 552, 557.