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The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online 62 Proceedings Royal Soc. Vol. 8 p 33 Dr Davy on Ova of Salmon Davy, John. 1855. Some observations on the ova of the salmon, in relation to the distribution of species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 7: 362-363. [CUL-DAR.LIB.PER-U1073] Text Image Vol 9. p. 157 Owen Muschelchalk [Muschelkalk] Reptiles, hitherto described as Fishes Owen, Richard. 1858. Description of the skull and teeth of the Placodus laticeps, Ow., with indications of
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but also South Africa and the Falkland Islands. Address used in 1840s. R. Etheridge Esq. Bristol Institution Robert Etheridge (1819-1903), geologist and palaeontologist. No known letters with Darwin. Elliot Walter Esq. Madras, promised pigeons. Walter Elliot (1803-1887), a member of the council of the governor of Madras; sent Darwin skins of domestic from India and Burma. Edmonstone Dr. Law. Balta Sound Shetland Laurence Edmondston, naturalist from Baltasound, Unst, Shetland Islands; sent
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Tegetmeier for parcels care of Mr T. at Mr Stuckey Co 51. Lombard St. Stuckey, Reynolds, and Co., bank agents. William Bernhard Tegetmeier listed above and below. Tomes. R.F. Welford Stratford-on-Avon.— Robert Fisher Tomes (1823-1904), farmer and zoologist, expert on bats, cited in Origin of species. Tegetmeier for live birds.— Mr Cummins. 14 Pancras St. Tottenham Ct. Road. William Bernhard Tegetmeier listed above and below. Jason Thomas Cummins, bird dealer. See Darwin to W. B. Tegetmeier 13
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, 1831. Peat-Earth. Mr Haynes Brasted Chart 7s per sqr yard.— Francis Haynes (b.1808), market gardener, Brasted Chart, near Sevenoaks, Kent. Haynes Peat 3.4.0 30 Oct. 1866. Darwin's Account Book (CUL-DAR265.11, with thanks to Edwin Rose). See similar entry on p. 33. Pigeons. J. M. Eaton 7. Islington Green London John Matthews Eaton (1798-1867), tailor and pigeon breeder. See works by Eaton in The Complete Library of Charles Darwin. {Pens — Patent Perryian, National pen. No I. Medium Points
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. Robert Fisher Tomes (1823-1904), farmer and zoologist. Specialist in bats. Robinson 7. Gower St. (W.C.)(After Quarrel with Pasteur.) James Robinson (1813-1862), surgeon dentist, pioneer of ether anaesthesia. Louis Pasteur. See Hayman and van Wyhe, Charles Darwin and the dentists. (2018) Royer Madme 2. Place de la Madeleine [Paris] Lausanne Switzerland. Clémence Auguste Royer (1830-1902), French author and economist. Translated Origin into French: Darwin, 1862. De l'origine des espèces ou des
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Carpenter Dr 1 Clarence Terrace, Albion Rd. Stoke Newington 6 Regent's Park Terrace Gloucester Gate 8 Queens Road W. Regents Park N.W. William Benjamin Carpenter (1813-1885), invertebrate zoologist, and physiologist. Conrad. T. A. Esq 104 Arch St. Philadelphia U.S. Timothy Abbott Conrad (1803-1877), American geologist and malacologist. Cowtan Mr Robert Library Brit. Mus. London. Robert Cowtan (1817-1893), assistant in the Library of the British Museum. Not known in any other Darwin document
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The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online [159] Eatons Pigeons 2d Edit p. 120 number of seeds in Wood Pigeon's Crop 18 Eaton, John Matthews. 1858. A treatise on the art of breeding and managing tame, domesticated, foreign and fancy pigeons. London: the Author. CUL-DAR.LIB.172 PD
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The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online [50] (2 says he believes black fantail will breed true. Mr Haines Cocker agree that in mere length of beak you can very soon judge in young Carrier. The Blue Fantails had blue or bluish rumps. Mr W. says Hyacinths bred from Archangels Porcelains. Mr Eaton says he judges from old Fanciers that 7/8 was formerly long beak for Tumbler
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agriculture and rural economy of France, Belgium, Holland, and Switzerland; from personal observation. London. Duval. 1849. Histoire du poirer (Pyrus sylvestris). Paris. [Darwin Library-CUL] Duval. 1850. Histoire du pêcher et sa culture. Paris. [Darwin Library-CUL] Duval. 1852. Histoire du pommier et sa culture. Paris. [Darwin Library-CUL] Eaton, John Matthews. 1852. A treatise on the art of breeding and managing tame, domesticated, and fancy pigeons. London. [Darwin Library; 2d ed. (1858) also in Darwin
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144. Penguin Duck. Baker. Skeleton. March. 21. /57/ 145 do trachea of do Duck 146 Carrier, Cock. Mr Haynes 1st rate Bird. Beak before cut was 2 inches long. from corner of Eye. Ap. 3d. Skin 61/2 years old. Best bird he had ever seen. 147. Shetland Rut. Dr Edmonton. Skeleton. Ap. 12th 148. Hen Carrier bought at Annerley (Mr. Eaton.) Skeleton. Ap. 17th 149. Black Nun Skeleton from Annendale House Ap 21st 150. Cross. Trumpeter Turbit. Skeleton May 14 151. Rabbit Shetland Isd Skeleton Dr
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. Blue Cock Carrier (own) bought at Annerley Mr. Eaton Skeleton. Feb 25 142 Wickings German Pouter Cock Skeleton Feb 25 143. Barb Red Cock First Rate Mr Corker skeleton March 2d. [22v
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'Natural selection' chapter 3 (On the possibility of all organic beings occasionally crossing and on the remarkable susceptibility of the reproductive system to external agencies)
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(Ch. 3. Inter-breeding ills of) opportunity of judging, from pigeons being easily paired for life, generally shut up, many generations raised in a short period: when size is an object as in the Pouter, it is asserted (a Treatise on Fancy Pigeon by J. M. Eaton, p. 56) that the ill effects are very soon perceived, not so when small birds are wanted as in the Almond Tumbler; but in these such cases many of the birds become shy breeders.—The high price of fa many fancy dogs, of which have long
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Dureau de la Malle, A. J. C. A. Hawks train their young, 474; Inheritance of different paces in horses, 485; In Roman times the common mule less easy to produce than now, 440; Puppies reared by cat wash their faces, 474 Dynastidae: Variable horns and teeth in males, 313, 315, 335 Dzierzon and Von Siebold Differences between Italian and Common hive bee, 372 n 5; Neuter bees sometimes lay eggs, 365 n 3 Earle, Windsor Eaton, John M. Pigeons: Ill effects of interbreeding on Pouter, 36 n 1; Short
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, passage associated with note 47.] Ohio [cf. Variation, ch. 17, n. 21.] Chinese of same name [?]. 1 A Treatise on Fancy Pigeons by J. M. Eaton, p. 56 [citation clearly to 1st. ed.] 2 Hunter's Animal Economy in regard to a she wolf too [1837 ed., p. 323.] 3 [Darwin left blank spaces for these two numbers. They are attributed to Sebright a without source reference in Eaton's Fancy Pigeons, 1852, p. iv.] 4 [The Art of Improving the Breeds of Domestic Animals (London, 1809), pp. 8, 11 12.] [page] 37
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.S. translat. from 1740, 2d vol 1741, 3d 1742 50 on. Erasmus Darwin also cited 'Swedish Acts', e.g. in the Loves of the Plants, 2nd. ed., London, 1790, p. 149, note. The articles Darwin read were also published in German translation in Abhandlungen aus der Naturlehre, Haushaltungskunst nd Mechanik. Adams, -. Quoted by Amos Eaton, 'Fish of Hudson River.' Amer. J. Set., 20 (1831), 150-2. v, 55 b. Adams, Charles Baker. Contributions to Conchology. No. 10 'On the Nature and Origin of the Species of
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. Earle, Windsor. 'On the Physical Structure and Arrangement of the Islands of the Indian Archipelago.' Geogr. Soc. Lond. J., 15 (1845), 358-65. xi, 30. Eaton, John Matthews. A Treatise on Domesticated and Fancy Pigeons, carefully compiled from the best authors with observations containing all that is necessary to be known of tame, domesticated and fancy pigeons. London, 1852. III, 2. A Treatise on the Art of Breeding and Managing the Almond Tumbler. London, 1851. VI, 7a. Edwards, Henri Milne. See
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(B) In the short-faced Tumbler pigeons, the beak has been rendered so short by long-continued selection, that Mr. Eaton* (A Treatise on the Almond Tumbler. 1851 p. 33) says he is convinced that better head beak birds have perished in the shell than ever were hatched, the reason is that this amazingly short-faced bird cannot reach the shell with its beak, perishes in the shell if the Fancier does not extricate it. But by long-continued selection a shell thinner at the right end might be per be
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Eaton, Pigeons [Eaton 1852] Eaton, John Matthews. 1852. A treatise on the art of breeding and managing tame, domesticated, and fancy pigeons. London. [Darwin Library-CUL; 2d ed. (1858) also in Darwin Library-CUL. Abstract in CUL-DAR205.2.159.] [13v] [14] [14v
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Anon. 1861. Coventry relief fund. The Times (19 January): 3. [page] 3 COVENTRY RELIEF FUND. ADDITIONAL SUBSCRIPTIONS received by W. H. Eaton, Esq., Old Broad-street, London: Tubini, Corpi, and Co. 5 0 0 Miss Birkbeck 10 0 0 H. C. Chiltoc. Esq. 1 1 0 Geo. Fournier, Esq. 5 0 0 A. W. S. V. 10 0 0 Mrs. Bruce Pryce 5 0 0 Rev. H. Clemeuts 5 0 0 Susan Moore 5 0 0 Pym. Brothers, and Co. 10 0 0 Gertrude 5 0 0 Rev. H. W Smith 2 2 0 Edwd. D. Rudge, M.D. 1 0 0 Elizabeth C. Benuett 5 0 0 Ann Smith 1 0 0 A
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Darwin, C. R. 1868. Das Variiren der Thiere und Pflanzen im Zustande der Domestication. Stuttgart: Schweizerbart. vol. 1.
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Domesticirte Tauben. C. Cap 2t 0 der kurzstirnigenBurzler, nämlich in der Länge desSchnabels einige Veränderung eingetreten. Liebhaber messen den Kopf und Schnabel von der Schnabelspitze bis zum vorderen Augenwinkel. Um das Jahr 1765 wurde ein Kopf und Schnabel für gut angesehen 42 , welcher in der gewöhnlichen Art gemessen 7 /sZoll lang war; jetzt darf er °/s Zoll nicht überschreiten. Es ist indess möglich , wie Mr. Eaton sehr often bekenne, einen Vogel für sehr annehmbar und nett zu halten
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chapters on the pigeon, but here is another: Mr. Eaton, after describing a comparatively new variety, namely, the Archangel, remarks, What fanciers intend doing with this bird I am at a loss to know, whether they intend to breed it down to the tumbler's head and beak, or carry it out to the carrier's head and beak; leaving it as they found it, is not progressing. Ferguson, speaking of fowls, says, their peculiarities, whatever they may be, must necessarily be fully developed: a little peculiarity
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chapters on the pigeon, but here is another: Mr. Eaton, after describing a comparatively new variety, namely, the Archangel, remarks, What fanciers intend doing with this bird I am at a loss to know, whether they intend to breed it down to the tumbler's head and beak, or carry it out to the carrier's head and beak; leaving it as they found it, is not progressing. Ferguson, speaking of fowls, says, their peculiarities, whatever they may be, must necessarily be fully developed: a little peculiarity
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Darwin, C. R. [1868]. The variation of animals and plants under domestication. With a preface by Asa Gray. New York: Orange Judd and Co. vol. 1.
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Mr. Evans which pouted excellently; but this is an unusual circumstance. Mr. Harrison Weir, a successful breeder of prize Fantails, informs me that his cock birds often have a greater number of tail-feathers than the hens. Mr Eaton asserts32 that, if a cock and hen Tumbler were of equal merit, the hen would be worth double the money; and as pigeons al- 31 A Treatise on the Almond Tumbler, by J.M. Eaton, 1852, p. 8, et passim. 32 A Treatise, c., p. 10. [page] 20
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however possible, as Mr. Eaton candidly confesses, for a bird to be considered as pleasant or neat even at 6/8 of an inch, but exceeding that length it must be looked upon as unworthy of attention. Mr. Eaton states that he has never seen in the course of his life more than two or three birds with the head and beak not exceeding half an inch in length; still I believe in the course of a few years that the head and beak will be shortened, and that half-inch birds will not be considered so great a
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; it is however possible, as Mr. Eaton candidly confesses, for a bird to be considered as pleasant or neat even at 6/8 of an inch, but exceeding that length it must be looked upon as unworthy of attention. Mr. Eaton states that he has never seen in the course of his life more than two or three birds with the head and beak not exceeding half an inch in length; still I believe in the course of a few years that the head and beak will be shortened, and that half-inch birds will not be considered so
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armeria und deltoides, Ba- starde von -, II, 130. 6ar6atua I, 488. caryophyllus I, 488. japonicu11, Contabescenz der weiblichen Organe bei -, II, 224. · den Zehen bei polnischen Htl.hnern I, 321; tiber die Stimme der Htlh ner I, 321; Ursprung der Ente·1, 345; von den Riimern gehaltene Enten I, 845,.i Domestication· der Gans I,.858; 1:timserich hlLufigweiBS I 359; Truthuhnrassen I, 865; Brfiteinstinct bei Mischlingen Dicht sitzender Rassen von Htth!lern . Il, Dobell. Register. Eaton
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distend their crops to a much greater size than do the females; I have, however, seen a hen in the possession of Mr. Evans which pouted excellently; but this is an unusual circumstance. Mr. Harrison Weir, a successful breeder of prize 30 'Die Staarhälsige Taube, Das Ganze, c.,' s. 21, tab. i. fig. 4. 31 'A Treatise on the Almond Tumbler,' by J. M. Eaton, 1852, p. 8, et passim. VOL. I. M [page] 16
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Fantails, informs me that his cock birds often have a greater number of tail-feathers than the hens. Mr. Eaton asserts32 that, if a cock and hen Tumbler were of equal merit, the hen would be worth double the money; and as pigeons always pair, so that an equal number of both sexes is necessary for reproduction, this seems to show that high merit is rarer in the female than in the male. In the development of the frill in Turbits, of the hood in Jacobins, of the tuft in Trumpeters, of tumbling in
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would almost certainly be observed, and, if valued, would, owing to the following circumstances, be preserved and propagated with unusual facility. Pigeons, differently from any other domesticated animal, can easily be mated for life, and, though kept with other pigeons, they rarely prove unfaithful to each other. Even when the 35 J. M. Eaton, 'Treatise on the Almond Tumbler,' 1851; Preface, p. vi. [page] 20
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labour which they bestow on their birds. I have known a fancier deliberately study his birds day after day to settle which to match together and which to reject. Observe how difficult the subject appears to one of the most eminent and experienced fanciers. Mr. Eaton, the winner of many prizes, says, I would here particularly guard you against keeping too great a variety of pigeons, otherwise you will know a little about all the kinds, but nothing about one as it ought to be known. It is possible
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longer beak, or to his tumbler a shorter and shorter beak? nor has the extreme limit of variability in the beak, if there be any such limit, as yet been reached. Notwithstanding the great improvement effected within recent times in the short-faced almond tumbler, Mr. Eaton remarks, the field is still as open for fresh competitors as it was one hundred years ago; but this is perhaps an exaggerated assertion, for the young of all highly improved fancy birds are extremely liable to disease and
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writes,18 I would here particularly guard 14 Robinet, 'Vers à Soie,' 1848, p. 271. 15 Quatrefages, 'Les Maladies du Ver à Soie,' 1859, p. 101. 16 M. Simon, in 'Bull. de la Soc. d'Acclimat.,' tom. ix., 1862, p. 221. 17 'The Poultry Chronicle,' vol. i., 1854, p. 607. 18 J. M. Eaton, 'A Treatise on Fancy Pigeons,' 1852, p. xiv., and 'A Treatise on the Almond Tumbler,' 1851, p. 11. [page] 19
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. We have seen that the attempt was once made in Yorkshire to breed cattle with enormous buttocks, but the cows perished so often in bringing forth their calves, that the attempt had to be given up. In rearing short-faced tumblers, Mr. Eaton says,5 I am convinced that better head and beak birds have perished in the shell than ever were hatched; the reason being that the amazingly short-faced bird cannot reach and break the shell with its beak, and so perishes. Here is a more curious case, in which
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with respect to characters which have already been carried to a high standard of perfection. For instance, the short-faced tumbler-pigeon has been greatly modified; nevertheless, according to Mr. Eaton,62 the field is still as open for fresh competitors as it was one hundred years ago. Over and over again it has been said that 61 Youatt on Sheep, p. 521. 62 'A Treatise on the Almond Tumbler,' p. i. [page] 24
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distend their crops to a much greater size than do the females; I have, however, seen a hen in the possession of Mr. Evans which pouted excellently; but this is an unusual circumstance. Mr. Harrison Weir, a successful breeder of prize 30 'Die Staarh lsige Taube. Das Ganze, c.,' s. 21, tab. i. fig. 4. 31 'A Treatise on the Almond Tumbler,' by J. M. Eaton, 1852, p. 8, et passim. VOL. I. M [page] 16
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Fantails, informs me that his cock birds often have a greater number of tail-feathers than the hens. Mr. Eaton asserts32 that, if a cock and hen Tumbler were of equal merit, the hen would be worth double the money; and as pigeons always pair, so that an equal number of both sexes is necessary for reproduction, this seems to show that high merit is rarer in the female than in the male. In the development of the frill in Turbits, of the hood in Jacobins, of the tuft in Trumpeters, of tumbling in
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certainly be observed, and, if valued, would, owing to the following circumstances, be preserved and propagated with unusual facility. Pigeons, differently from any other domesticated animal, can easily be mated for life, and, though kept with other pigeons, they rarely prove unfaithful to each other. Even when the 35 J. M. Eaton, 'Treatise on the Almond Tumbler,' 1851; Preface, p. vi. [page] 20
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labour which they bestow on their birds. I have known a fancier deliberately study his birds day after day to settle which to match together and which to reject. Observe how difficult the subject appears to one of the most eminent and experienced fanciers. Mr. Eaton, the winner of many prizes, says, I would here particularly guard you against keeping too great a variety of pigeons, otherwise you will know a little about all the kinds, but nothing about one as it ought to be known. It is possible
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longer beak, or to his tumbler a shorter and shorter beak? nor has the extreme limit of variability in the beak, if there be any such limit, as yet been reached. Notwithstanding the great improvement effected within recent times in the short-faced almond tumbler, Mr. Eaton remarks, the field is still as open for fresh competitors as it was one hundred years ago; but this is perhaps an exaggerated assertion, for the young of all highly-improved fancy birds are extremely liable to disease and
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writes,18 I would here particularly guard 14 Robinet, 'Vers Soie,' 1848, p. 271. 15 Quatrefages, 'Les Maladies du Ver Soie,' 1859, p. 101. 16 M. Simon, in 'Bull. de la Soc. d'Acclimat.,' tom. ix., 1862, p. 221. 17 'The Poultry Chronicle,' vol. i., 1854, p. 607. 18 J. M. Eaton, 'A Treatise on Fancy Pigeons,' 1852, p. xiv., and 'A Treatise on the Almond Tumbler,' 1851, p. 11. [page] 19
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. We have seen that the attempt was once made in Yorkshire to breed cattle with enormous buttocks, but the cows perished so often in bringing forth their calves, that the attempt had to be given up. In rearing short-faced tumblers, Mr. Eaton says,5 I am convinced that better head and beak birds have perished in the shell than ever were hatched; the reason being that the amazingly short-faced bird cannot reach and break the shell with its beak, and so perishes. Here is a more curious case, in which
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with respect to characters which have already been carried to a high standard of perfection. For instance, the short-faced tumbler-pigeon has been greatly modified; nevertheless, according to Mr. Eaton,62 the field is still as open for fresh competitors as it was one hundred years ago. Over and over again it has been said that 61 Youatt on Sheep, p. 521. 62 'A Treatise on the Almond Tumbler,' p. i. [page] 24
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liberalsten Weise unterstützt. Mr. Haynes und Mr. Corker gaben mir Exemplare ihrer prächtigen Botentauben. Ebenso hat mich Mr. Harrison Weir verpflichtet. Auch kann ich die Hülfe nicht übergehen, welche mir Mr. J. M. Eaton, Mr. Baker, Mr. Evans und Mr. Bai ly jun., von Mountstreet, gewährten; dem letztgenannten bin ich für einige werthvolle Exemplare verpflichtet. Allen diesen Herren erlaube ich mir meinen aufrichtigsten und herzlichsten Dank zu sagen. 3 Les Pigeons de Voliere et de Colombier
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Brust, herabhängenden Flügeln und sehr kleinen Fiis- 18 , 1. M. Eaton, Treatise on Pigeons. 1852, p. 9. [page break
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vorgekommen, so würde ich ihn nur für eine monströse Varietät unserer veredelten Burz- ler gehalten haben. Da aber kurzstirnige Burzier in Indien nicht bekannt sind, so glaube ich, muss er für eine distincte Rasse gelten. AVahr- scheinlich ist dies die Rasse, v'elche Hasselquist 1757 in Cairo gesehen hat und von welcher er sagt, dass sie aus Indien gebracht worden sei. 19 J. M. Eaton, Treatise etc. edit. 1858, p. 7G. [page break
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Naturforscher, 23 J. M. Eaton, Ausgabe von Moore ( 1858), p. 98. 24 Pigeon Patu Plongeur: »Les Pigeons« etc. p. 165. 25 Naturgeschichte Deutschlands. Bd. IV, p. 17. Darwin, Erster Tlieil. 13 [page break
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gepflegt sind, sind alle äusserst variabel. 29 The Pigeon Book, by B. P. Brent. 18Ö9, p. 41. 30 Die staarhäkige Taube. Das Ganze der Taubenzucht, p. 21. Taf. 1, f. 4. 31 A Treatise on the Almond-Tutnbler . by J. M. Eaton, 1852, p. 8 und an andern Orten. [page break
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erfolgreicher Züchter von Preispfauentauben theilt mir mit, dass seine männlichen Vögel oft eine grössere Zahl von Schwanzfedern haben, als die weiblichen. Mr. Eaton behauptet 32 , dass wenn ein männlicher oder weiblicher Burzier gleich gut wären, das Männchen doppelt so viel Geld werth wäre; und da sich Tauben stets paaren, so dass zur Fortpflanzung eine gleiche Anzahl beider Geschlechter nothwendig ist, so scheint hieraus hervorzugehen, dass bei dem Weibchen hervorragende Eigenschaften seltener sind
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Felstaube. Aber die Schildchen oder Schuppen, welche die Zehen und Tarsen bekleiden, haben nicht nur an Grösse ab- oder zugenommen, sondern auch der Zahl nach. So habe ich um ein einzelnes Beispiel zu geben, an der Hinterzehe einer Runt-Taube acht Schildchen, an der eines kurzstirnigen Burz- 37 J. M. Eaton, Treatise etc. ed. 1858. p. 78. 14 * [page break
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. die blässer als der Rest des Körpers waren, mit blassblauem Hintertheil, bläulichem Schwanz und einer Spur der endständigen Binde auf diesem. Mr. Eaton 27 paarte zwei kurzstirnige Burzier, von denen keiner blau oder gestreift war, und erhielt aus dem ersten Nest einen vollkommen blauen Vogel, aus dem zweiten einen silbergrauen oder blassblauen Vogel, von denen beide, aller Analogie zufolge, ohne Zweifel die gewöhnlichen characteristischen Zeichnungen darboten. Ich kreuzte zwei schwarze Barb
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