domesticatedstate;fornospecialcareistakenofthem，andtheyprocuretheirownfood，exceptduringtheseverestweather。InEngland，and，judgingfromMM。BoitardandCorbie’swork，inFrance，thecommondovecote—
pigeonexactlyresemblesthechequeredvarietyofC。livia;butIhaveseendovecotesbroughtfromYorkshirewithoutanytraceofchequering，likethewildrock—pigeonoftheShetlandIslands。ThechequereddovecotesfromtheOrkneyIslands，afterhavingbeendomesticatedbyColonelKingformorethantwentyyears，differedslightlyfromeachotherinthedarknessoftheirplumageandinthethicknessoftheirbeaks;thethinnestbeakbeingratherthickerthanthethickestoneintheMadeirabirds。InGermany，accordingtoBechstein，thecommondovecote—pigeonisnotchequered。InIndiatheyoftenbecomechequered，andsometimespiedwithwhite;thecroupalso，asIaminformedbyMr。Blyth，becomesnearlywhite。IhavereceivedfromSir。J。Brookesomedovecote—pigeons，whichoriginallycamefromtheS。NatunasIslandsintheMalayArchipelago，andwhichhadbeencrossedwiththeSingaporedovecotes:theyweresmallandthedarkestvarietywasextremelylikethedarkchequeredvarietywithabluecroupfromMadeira;
butthebeakwasnotsothin，thoughdecidedlythinnerthanintherock—
pigeonfromtheShetlandIslands。Adovecote—pigeonsenttomebyMr。
SwinhoefromFoochow，inChina，waslikewiserathersmall，butdifferedinnootherrespect。IhavealsoreceivedthroughthekindnessofDr。Daniell，fourlivingdovecote—pigeonsfromSierraLeone（6/17。DomesticpigeonsofthecommonkindarementionedasbeingprettynumerousinJohnBarbut’s’DescriptionoftheCoastofGuinea’page215publishedin1746;theyaresaid，inaccordancewiththenamewhichtheybear，tohavebeenimported。）