All the fancy breeds now raised come from the common pigeon, which is descended from the wild rock pigeon or rockdove.
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Two rockdoves awakened by the sound of our approach flew off in terror.
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Here the favourite is a particularly dynamic pose behind an elegant flock of rockdoves.
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Red chickens strutted through the streets, while white rockdoves swirled like snow over the gardens at every manor.
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A group of 11 bacterial strains was isolated during microbiological investigations of pharyngeal swabs collected from domestic pigeons ( Columbalivia f. domestica).
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Columbalivia, the Rock-pigeon.
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Columbalivia or ROCK-PIGEON-
Ús de rock pigeon en anglès
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No wild beasts or birds, except the rockpigeon and duck, ever drink except when rain falls.
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A new species of rockpigeon (Petrophassa, GOULD.)
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All the fancy breeds now raised come from the common pigeon, which is descended from the wild rockpigeon or rock dove.
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These big water-birds do not travel as fast as the rockpigeons.
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Just so, but these are wild or rockpigeons.
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Walking back through the cold at night, through a startled gust of rockpigeons, Cutter heard a voice.
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There was a rush of many wings, and a flock of terrified rockpigeons flew from the cave.
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In half an hour the hunters returned with a few rockpigeons, which they roasted as well as they could.
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At Point Greta the rockpigeons-theoriginal stock of the domesticated race-wereflying about in large flocks or sunning themselves on the sea cliffs.
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These survivors were the equivalent of the house sparrows, rockpigeons, and rats that thrive around humans, each either unpalatable or hard to catch.