If, for instance, we did not know that the parent rock-pigeon was not feather-footed or turn-crowned, we could not have told, whether such characters in our domestic breeds were reversions or only analogous variations;
Baldin, adibidez, ez bageneki haitz-usoak, etxe-usoen gurasolehenak, ez duela lumarik hanketan, ezta luma biraturik ere buruan, ezin esan genezakeen ezaugarriok etxe-arrazetan gibelamenduak ala aldakuntza analogoak diren;