[14] ‘Proc. Zoolog. Soc.,’ June 23, 1857, p. 159.
[15] ‘Journal of Horticulture,’ April 9, 1861, p. 35.
[16] ‘Cottage Gardener,’ 1857, p. 141.
[17] Mr. Bartlett, in ‘Proc. Zoolog Soc.,’ 1861, p. 40.
[18] ‘Phenomenon in Himalayan Rabbits,’ in ‘Journal of Horticulture,’ Jan. 27, 1865, p. 102.
[19] G. R. Waterhouse, ‘Natural History of Mammalia: Rodents,’ 1846, pp. 52, 60, 105.
[20] Delamer on ‘Pigeons and Rabbits,’ p. 114.
[21] Gosse’s ‘Sojourn in Jamaica,’ 1851, p. 441, as described by an excellent observer, Mr. R. Hill. This is the only known case in which rabbits have become feral in a hot country. They can be kept, however, at Loanda (see Livingstone’s ‘Travels,’ p. 407). In parts of India, as I am informed by Mr. Blyth, they breed well.
[22] Darwin’s ‘Journal of Researches,’ p. 193; and ‘Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle: Mammalia,’ p. 92.
[23] Kerr’s ‘Collection of Voyages,’ vol. ii. p. 177: p. 205 for Cada Mosto. According to a work published in Lisbon in 1717 entitled ‘Historia Insulana,’ written by a Jesuit, the rabbits were turned out in 1420. Some authors believe that the island was discovered in 1413.