[13] Simmonds, quoted in ‘Gardener’s Chronicle,’ 1855, p. 637. And for the second quotation, see Youatt on Sheep, p. 171.

[14] Robinet, ‘Vers à Soie,’ 1848, p. 271.

[15] Quatrefages, ‘Les Maladies du Ver à Soie,’ 1859, p. 101.

[16] M. Simon, in ‘Bull. de la Soc. d’Acclimat.,’ tom. ix., 1862, p. 221.

[17] ‘The Poultry Chronicle,’ vol. i., 1854, p. 607.

[18] J. M. Eaton, ‘A Treatise on Fancy Pigeons,’ 1852, p. xiv., and ‘A Treatise on the Almond Tumbler,’ 1851, p. 11.

[19] ‘Journal Royal Agricultural Soc.,’ vol. vi., p. 22.

[20] ‘Poultry Chronicle,’ vol. ii., 1855, p. 596.

[21] Isid. Geoffroy St.-Hilaire, ‘Hist. Nat. Gén.,’ tom. iii. p. 254.

[22] ‘Gardener’s Chronicle,’ 1850, p. 198.