[Darwinism (1889) by Alfred Russel Wallace]@TWC D-Link bookDarwinism (1889) CHAPTER IV 14/33
There are several sub-races, one being called Dragons. RACE III.
_Runts_ .-- These are very large-bodied, long-beaked pigeons, with naked skin round the eyes.
The wings are usually very long, the legs long, and the feet large, and the skin of the neck is often red. There are several sub-races, and these differ very much, forming a series of links between the wild rock-pigeon and the carrier. RACE IV.
_Barbs_ .-- These are remarkable for their very short and thick beak, so unlike that of most pigeons that fanciers compare it with that of a bullfinch.
They have also a naked carunculated skin round the eyes, and the skin over the nostrils swollen. RACE V._Fantails_ .-- Short-bodied and rather small-beaked pigeons, with an enormously developed tail, consisting usually of from fourteen to forty feathers instead of twelve, the regular number in all other pigeons, wild and tame.
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