. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. ^^y^ The Almond Pigeon changes can be so confirmed as to give, in theend, hereditary quahties. Pigeons used forscientific experiments, especially the pouter PIGEONS 293 pigeons,t<i iiroN-cand tlie have boon of use to mon like Darwintheir theories on selection, descent])o\ver of experiments. The employment of pigeons as messengerscomes from their facult\- of finding their homesand returning to them hum very great dis-tances. Though many other domestic animalsha\e the same gift, yet their unerring choicethe jjoutors we must m
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. ^^y^ The Almond Pigeon changes can be so confirmed as to give, in theend, hereditary quahties. Pigeons used forscientific experiments, especially the pouter PIGEONS 293 pigeons,t<i iiroN-cand tlie have boon of use to mon like Darwintheir theories on selection, descent])o\ver of experiments. The employment of pigeons as messengerscomes from their facult\- of finding their homesand returning to them hum very great dis-tances. Though many other domestic animalsha\e the same gift, yet their unerring choicethe jjoutors we must mention the ca- of the right direction, the rapidity of their]5igeons, the best known of which are flight above countries completely unknown to VI. Species. Messen(;hk Pkieons Afterruncular. Carrier Pigeons Photogra])lied after a journey of ^000 miles the carriers^ the Bagadas, and the dragons. Allthese birds have warty excrescences on theirbeaks and thick red rims around their e)es. The carrier pigeons have a noblebearing; their legsand without feathersthe feathers of the boare smooth and in-significant. Thisspecies has everyappearance of awild bird. Itsflight is su|)erb,and surpasses thatof other breeds ;but the thick circliaround its eyes preit from seeing well, aitherefore kept morethan for use, and is \ery are many varieties of thesecarrier pigeons, namely those of Antwerj) andLiege, some turbits, certain tumblers, etc.
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