Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 53
th of wing and en-durance were contributed by the ancestors ofboth the Dragon and Camulet species. Theresult is that the modern homing-pigeon ismuch more of an artificial production of mansintelligence in breeding than the work of na-ture. It is one of the highest proofs of thetriumph of modern… … RECORD: 50O MILES IN home. There is no reasonable way to explainthis remarkable instinct, and scientific men cangive only conjectures and guesses as to its origin.The homing-pigeon in use to-day is the prod-uct of the Belgian breeders who bred theEnglish Dragon and Smerle pigeons with theCamulet,…
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