. Our domestic birds; . 188. SplashedHomer1 Fig. 189. Blue-barredHomer1 PIGEONS 243. Fig. 190. White Hen Pigeons. (Pho-tograph from Elmer E. Rice, Boston,Massachusetts) not known in England and America, has one hundred thirty-eight color varieties. Where varieties are so numerous, manyof the color differences are necessarily slight, and only those who know them well canreadily distinguish the dif-ferent varieties at sight;others are bewildered whenthey attempt to do so. Inthis chapter only the mostpronounced color varietiesand the breeds of mostinterest to beginners willbe described, but some
. Our domestic birds; . 188. SplashedHomer1 Fig. 189. Blue-barredHomer1 PIGEONS 243. Fig. 190. White Hen Pigeons. (Pho-tograph from Elmer E. Rice, Boston,Massachusetts) not known in England and America, has one hundred thirty-eight color varieties. Where varieties are so numerous, manyof the color differences are necessarily slight, and only those who know them well canreadily distinguish the dif-ferent varieties at sight;others are bewildered whenthey attempt to do so. Inthis chapter only the mostpronounced color varietiesand the breeds of mostinterest to beginners willbe described, but some ofthe most interesting of theothers will be mentioned, toillustrate the range of the improved types developed by Carrier Pigeon. The homing instinct — that is, the fac-ulty of finding the way home after wandering or being takenaway from it — is found inanimals of all kinds. In somekinds of animals it is muchmore highly developed thanin others, and some animalsof each kind have more of itthan is usual with their spe-cies. It is well known thatmigratory birds usual
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