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the Bussorah Carrier, I saw that no very great amount of modification 

 would be requisite to convert it into a Barb. This view of the affinity of 

 Barbs to Carriers is supported by the analogical difference between the 

 short and long-beaked Bunts ; and still more strongly by the fact, that 

 young Barbs and Dragons, within 24 hours after being hatched, resemble 





each other much more closely than do young pigeons of other and equally 

 distinct breeds. At this early age, the length of beak, the swollen skin 

 over the rather open nostrils, the gape of the mouth, and the size of the 

 feet, are the same in both; although these parts afterwards become widely 

 different. We thus see that embryology (as the comparison of very young 

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