. Our domestic birds; . Fig. 183. Tame pigeons. (Photographfrom Elmer E. Rice, Boston, Massachusetts) PIGEONS 241 distribution in England centuries ago, it seems certain that many,if not all, of the pigeons now found wild in the British Isles aredescended from birds once domesticated. Rock Pigeons of the ^%> M ■ Mini. ^ Qt Liiirni ^ ■*-:-^w _ _l. Fig. 1S4. Flock of Dragoon Pigeons1 same type, however, are found in many other parts of the OldWorld and, whether wild or feral, are plainly all from thesame original stock. The American Wild Pigeon, also calledthe Passenger Pigeon, which was once
. Our domestic birds; . Fig. 183. Tame pigeons. (Photographfrom Elmer E. Rice, Boston, Massachusetts) PIGEONS 241 distribution in England centuries ago, it seems certain that many,if not all, of the pigeons now found wild in the British Isles aredescended from birds once domesticated. Rock Pigeons of the ^%> M ■ Mini. ^ Qt Liiirni ^ ■*-:-^w _ _l. Fig. 1S4. Flock of Dragoon Pigeons1 same type, however, are found in many other parts of the OldWorld and, whether wild or feral, are plainly all from thesame original stock. The American Wild Pigeon, also calledthe Passenger Pigeon, which was once foundin enormous flocks in eastern North America,is often erroneously mentioned as the ances-tor of domestic pigeons. The Rock Pigeonand the Passenger Pigeon are of differentspecies and are very different in appearanceand habits. The Rock Pigeon is what iscalled a shelf builds its nest ona ledge, or shelf, andwill rarely even alight in a tree or a Passenger Pigeon is a wood pigeon,nesting and roosting in trees. Distribution in ancient times. Thepigeon was domesticated at a very earlystage of civilization. Like the fowl, theduck, and the goose, it was well knownto all civilized peoples of antiquity. To what extent the distri-bution of pigeons in domestication followed the early migrations 1 Photograph from Elmer E. Rice,
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