Note 45 — Chapter XVIII · ON THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF CHANGED CONDITIONS OF LIFE: STERILITY FROM VARIOUS CAUSES.
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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.”