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meth the conveniences they like.— some. prefer 
: the dufty. holes in decayed walls to the neatett: 
boxes we can furnifh them with. Some lay i ine 
_the crevices of rocks,. or hollows of trees, whilft 
- others. never abandon thofe pee, tae ap— 
_ pointed for them. | 

- Allanimals in a domeftic fate betome Varioully: 
“marked, and we being better fed will be in« 
~ ereafed in fize; thele differences by attention may 
be rendered thal cand varieties’ without end 
_ May, by culture and attention, be procured from 
_ one fpecies. This is inftanced i in white Turkeys, 
_ white Ducks, Ducks and Fowls that are crefted,. 
but in no birds does it prevail in a greater extent 
than amoagtt Pigeons, which. , being very prolific, 
that is eee very, fait, seid: naturally be~ | 
come the moft varied. Some perhaps have been: 
_ feleGted on account of their fuperior fize, and from 
-thefe a larger race has been produced ; others on 
account of particular marks have been matched 
- together, and thefe marks have become perma- 
 hent or Jafting. Others again, on account. of fome 
of their feathers growing in a particular form, or 
taking a particular direGtion, Moft of thefe, im. 
the firft inflance, were only accidental varieties, 
the confequence of their becoming domeftic, ae 
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