Origin of Species Variorum

→ seems to me 1859 1860 1861 1866 1869

would be 1872

→ becoming 1859 1860 1861 1866 1869

not having become 1872

→ these species having 1859 1860 1861 1866 1869

— these species presenting certain 1872

→ in certain respects, 1859 1860 1861 1866 1869

OMIT 1872

→ in most other respects to 1859 1860 1861 1866 1869

OMIT 1872

→ the 1859 1860 1861 1866 1869

in most respects; — the occasional re-appearance of the 1872

→ black marks occasionally appearing 1861 1866 1869

marks occasionally appearing 1859 1860

black marks 1872

→ the 1859 1860 1861 1866 1869

— and lastly, the 1872

→ we may safely conclude 1861 1866 1869 1872

I can feel no doubt 1859 1860

→ Columba 1859 1860 1861 1866 1869

rock-pigeon or Columba 1872

→ C. livia, or the rock-pigeon, 1859 1860 1861 1866 1869

the wild C. livia 1872

→ in these two cases, and in some but not in all other cases, an almost perfect series 1866 1869

an almost perfect series 1859 1860 1861

OMIT 1872

→ extremes of structure. 1859 1860 1861 1866 1869

and the rock pigeon, an almost perfect series; so we can in some other cases, but not with all the breeds. 1872

→ for 1859 1860 1861 1866 1869

are in each eminently variable, for 1872

→ are in each breed eminently variable; 1859 1860 1861 1866 1869

OMIT 1872

yield offspring perfectly

fertile,

fertile

inter se , →seems to me rash in the extreme.

From these several reasons, namely,

— the

the

improbability of man having formerly

made

got

seven or eight supposed species of pigeons to breed freely under domestication;

— these

these

supposed species being quite unknown in a wild state, and their →becoming

anywhere

nowhere

feral; →these species having very abnormal

characters,

characters

→in certain respects, as compared with all other Columbidæ, though so like →in most other respects to the

rock-pigeon

rock-pigeon;

→the blue colour and various →black marks occasionally appearing in all the breeds, both when kept pure and when crossed; →the mongrel offspring being perfectly fertile; — from these several reasons, taken together, →we may safely conclude that all our domestic breeds

are

have

descended from the →Columba livia with its geographical sub-species.

In favour of this view, I may add,

firstly,

first,

that →C. livia, or the rock-pigeon, has been found capable of domestication in Europe and in India; and that it agrees in habits and in a great number of points of structure with all the domestic breeds. Secondly,

that, although

although

an English carrier or

short-faced

a short-faced

tumbler differs immensely in certain characters from the rock-pigeon, yet

that, by

comparing the several sub-breeds of these

breeds,

two races,

varieties,

more especially those brought from distant countries, we can