Note 48 — Chapter VIII · DUCK—GOOSE—PEACOCK—TURKEY—GUINEA-FOWL—CANARY-BIRD—GOLD-FISH—RIVER-BEES—SILK-MOTHS.
Reading edition
Bechstein, ‘Naturgesch. der Stubenvögel,’ 1840, s. 243; see s. 252 on the inherited song of Canary-birds. With respect to their baldness see also W. Kidd’s ‘Treatise on Song-Birds.’