. the dignity with which a peacock shows his marvel- lous decorations. The pouters have in some unac- countable way learned to take air into their crop; and the habit has been developed by se- lection until the bird destroys all trace of his original shapeliness, though he seems to take pride in his diseased appearance. The tumbler, probably derived from some ancestor afiflicted with a disease of an epileptic character, manages to go through his convulsions in the air without serious consequences and apparently with some pleasure to himself. There are over one hundred less conspicuous varietie
. the dignity with which a peacock shows his marvel- lous decorations. The pouters have in some unac- countable way learned to take air into their crop; and the habit has been developed by se- lection until the bird destroys all trace of his original shapeliness, though he seems to take pride in his diseased appearance. The tumbler, probably derived from some ancestor afiflicted with a disease of an epileptic character, manages to go through his convulsions in the air without serious consequences and apparently with some pleasure to himself. There are over one hundred less conspicuous varieties, of which only one deserves notice, and The Giant Crowned Pigeon of India
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