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DESCRIPTION OF BREEDS. 



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Fig. 17.— The Rock-pigeon, or Columba livia.« The parent-form of all domesticated Pigeons. 



placed under each other in the columns show the more or less 

 closely connecting links. The distances of the dotted lines from 

 each other approximately represent the amount of difference 

 between the several breeds. 



^ This drawing was made from a dead Mr. Tegetmeier. It maybe confidently 



bird. The six following figures were asserted that the characters of the six 



drawn with great care by Mr. Lnke breeds which have been figured are not 



Wells from living birds selected by in the least exaggerated. 



