“ THE GRADUAL INCREASE OP KNOWLEDGE IN THIS AS WELL AS OTHER BRANCHES OP 
ZOOLOGY, AND THE LABOURS OF SEVERAL RECENT NATURALISTS, AMONG WHOM STAND 
PROMINENT THE NAMES OP TBMMINCK AND MONTAGU, HAVE ESSENTIALLY CONTRIBUTED 
TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE VARIOUS AND UNEXPECTED CHANGES OF PLUMAGE, AND 
CLEARED UP MANY OF THE DOUBTS AND DIFFICULTIES, IN WHICH THE HISTORY OF SEVERAL 
SPECIES HAD BEEN SO LONG INVOLVED.” — Selby. 
“ BUT THERE WERE OTHER LABOURERS WHOSE EFFORTS ASSUMED A MORE SCIENTIFIC 
ASPECT. THE LATE GEO. MONTAGU, ESQ. CULTIVATED WITH ZEAL MANY DEPARTMENTS OF 
BRITISH ZOOLOGY. IT IS BUT A JUST TRIBUTE TO THIS NATURALIST TO STATE THAT, IN 
HIS WRITINGS, HE APPEARS PROGRESSIVELY TO HAVE BEEN EORSAKING THE ARTIFICIAL 
METHOD, AND ACQUIRING A KEENER RELISH FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL RESEARCHES; THE TRUTH 
WAS AT ALL TIMES EAGERLY SOUGHT AFTER.” — Fleming. 
