There are about 350 varieties of the pigeon known to breeders of jthese birds.' These varieties, which ; vary in the most remarkable ways, have all been, produced by artificial breeding from a single species, the blue rock-pigeon. ' The : pigeon is v a remarkable example of the way in which the selection of variations from the origi.ftl i. type {in- a ■ creature of brief r geneiations can effect radical: changes from, the type. • . ' •. -i. ■
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14906, 3 February 1912, Page 1 (Supplement)
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73Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14906, 3 February 1912, Page 1 (Supplement)
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