[747] 'Ceylon,' by Sir J. E. Tennent, 1859, vol. ii. p. 531.
[748] For the foregoing statements, see Hunter's 'Essays and Observations,' 1861, vol. ii. p. 329; Dr. Edmondston, as quoted in Macgillivray's 'British Birds,' vol. v. p. 550; Menetries, as quoted in Bronn's 'Geschichte der Natur,' B. ii. s. 110.
[749] These statements on the intestines are taken from Isidore Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 'Hist. Nat. Gén.,' tom. iii. pp. 427, 441.
[750] Gilbert White, 'Nat. Hist. Selbourne,' 1825, vol. ii. p. 121.
[751] Burdach, 'Traité de Phys.,' tom. ii. p. 267, as quoted by Dr. P. Lucas, 'L'Héréd. Nat.,' tom. i. p. 388.
[752] This and several other cases are given by Colin, 'Physiologie Comp. des Animaux Dom.,' 1854, tom. i. p. 426.
[753] M. Michely de Cayenne, in 'Bull. Soc. d'Acclimat.,' tom. viii., 1861, p. 563.
[754] Quatrefages, 'Unité de l'Espèce Humaine,' 1861, p. 79.
[755] 'Flora,' 1835, B. ii. p. 504.
[756] Alph. De Candolle, 'Géograph. Bot.,' tom. ii. p. 1078.