Darwin noted the great disparities among the English carrier, short-faced tumbler, pouter, fantail and other breeds. |
Persis herself was like a pouter pigeon strutting and preening her high breast. |
In a pouter, the furcula had not been lengthened proportionally with the increased length of the body. |
He is so conscious of his bigness, and makes chests at you like a pouter pigeon. |
Human evolution is not so simple or so conspicuous a thing as the evolution of the pouter pigeon. |
Let us recognize it as an exquisite creation of art, not of nature, as wonderful as the pouter pigeon or the saffron rose. |