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As this bird is such a recent addition to the poultry-yard (for, although known to the Romans, it went out of domestication in the Middle Ages) and has not been selectively bred by fanciers, its spontaneous variations are particularly interesting. Here, in India, where guinea-fowls are much bred, several well-defined types of coloration constantly present themselves in these birds, kept solely for the table.
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FINN, F. Colour-variation in the Guinea-fowl. Nature 66, 126–127 (1902). https://doi.org/10.1038/066126c0
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