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Fig. 2 20. Varieties of cultivated pigeons 



All these varieties, and many others, have been developed in recent times from the 

 same stock or ancestry. A knowledge of heredity enables the fancier to obtain new 

 combinations of characters in a few generations. /, Silver Runt; 2, Muffed Tumbler; 

 3, Dragoon; 4, Homer; 5, Saddle Fan-tail; 6, White Maltese; 7, English Red Trump- 

 eter; 8, White Pouter; g, English Owl; 10, White Fan-tail 



