[55] Yarrell’s ‘British Fishes,’ vol. i. p. 319.
[56] ‘Dict. Class. d’Hist. Nat.,’ tom. v. p. 276.
[57] ‘Observations in Nat. Hist.,’ 1846, p. 211. Dr. Gray has described, in ‘Annals and Mag. of Nat. Hist.,’ 1860, p. 151 a nearly similar variety but destitute of a dorsal fin.
[58] ‘De l’Espèce,’ 1859, p. 459. With respect to the bees of Burgundy see M. Gerard, art. ‘Espèce,’ in ‘Dict. Univers. d’Hist. Nat.’
[59] See a discussion on this subject, in answer to a question of mine, in ‘Journal of Horticulture,’ 1862, pp. 225-242; also Mr. Bevan Fox, in ditto, 1862, p. 284.
[60] This excellent observer may be implicitly trusted; see ‘Journal of Horticulture,’ July 14th, 1863, p. 39.
[61] ‘Journal of Horticulture,’ Sept. 9th, 1862, p. 463; see also Herr Kleine on same subject (Nov. 11th, p. 643, who sums up, that, though there is some variability in colour, no constant or perceptible differences can be detected in the bees of Germany.
[62] Mr. Woodbury has published several such accounts in ‘Journal of Horticulture,’ 1861 and 1862.
[63] ‘Annals and Mag. of Nat. Hist.,’ 3rd series, vol. xi. p. 339.
[64] ‘The Cottage Gardener,’ May 1860, p. 110; and ditto in ‘Journal of Hort.,’ 1862, p. 242.