. The natural history of Selborne [microform]. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. Ttock'piqeon LETTER XLIV. 'To the same. * Skilborne, Nov. f,oth. 1780. lAR SIR,—Every iiicidenf that ncciisions a renewal of our correspondent' vvil/ "ver be pleasing and agr-eabk to me. As to the wild wovit have advanced that opinion may li4V( been misled by ;?f appellation, often given to he (Enas^ which is tha' j^f !»^'KMc-dove. Unless the stock-dove in the winter varies grearly in manners from itself in summer, no species seems more unlikely to be dofn«estiw cated, and to make an house-dove. We
. The natural history of Selborne [microform]. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. Ttock'piqeon LETTER XLIV. 'To the same. * Skilborne, Nov. f,oth. 1780. lAR SIR,—Every iiicidenf that ncciisions a renewal of our correspondent' vvil/ "ver be pleasing and agr-eabk to me. As to the wild wovit have advanced that opinion may li4V( been misled by ;?f appellation, often given to he (Enas^ which is tha' j^f !»^'KMc-dove. Unless the stock-dove in the winter varies grearly in manners from itself in summer, no species seems more unlikely to be dofn«estiw cated, and to make an house-dove. We very rarely see the ,\''ittr ' The whole question of the relation of domesticated pigeons to the wiW stocks has been thoroughly investigated by Darwin, to whose classical rcsearcheii the reader must be referred for more modern information.— Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original White, Gilbert, 1720-1793; Allen, Grant, 1848-1899. London; New York : J. Lane
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