On the Origin of Species, by Charles Darwin, Part 2
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The Rock Pigeon - A Strange Controversy
"The supposed extermination of so many species having similar habits with the rock pigeon seems to me a very rash assumption," he writes. "We may look in vain throughout the whole great family of Columbidae for a beak like that of the English carrier, or that of the short-faced tumbler or barb." He adds: "Some facts in regard to the coloring of pigeons well deserve consideration"
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