. Domesticated animals, their relation to man and to his advancement in civilization;. Domestic animals. DOMESTICATED BIRDS 175 this process of selection naturally and somewhat frequently takes place. In certain cases it may lay the foundation of new species, or at least of distinct varieties ; more commonly, however, the individuals which have abandoned the migratory life are likely to perish from the severity of climate or the other unfavorable conditions that their mates avoid by their The Original Wild Rock Dove (Coluntba livid) and Sonne of its Donnestic Descendants Although
. Domesticated animals, their relation to man and to his advancement in civilization;. Domestic animals. DOMESTICATED BIRDS 175 this process of selection naturally and somewhat frequently takes place. In certain cases it may lay the foundation of new species, or at least of distinct varieties ; more commonly, however, the individuals which have abandoned the migratory life are likely to perish from the severity of climate or the other unfavorable conditions that their mates avoid by their The Original Wild Rock Dove (Coluntba livid) and Sonne of its Donnestic Descendants Although many of the free-flying birds of the land are or have been kept captive because of the pleasure which men have found from their songs, their grace, or their quaint ways, only one of these has really been gained to domestication. In the pigeon, man has made what is on many accounts the most remarkable of all his conquests over the wild nature about him. While the breeder's art has led many forms, some of them on several divergent lines, far away from their primitive estate, in no other field has it accomplished such. 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 Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate, 1841-1906. New York, C. Scribner's Sons
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