▁Dar win ▁in ▁The ▁Vari ation ▁of ▁Anim als ▁and ▁Pl ants ▁under ▁Dom estic ation ▁( 1 8 6 8 ). ▁ ▁History ▁William ▁Bern hardt ▁T eg et me ier ▁proposed ▁that ▁the ▁English ▁P outer ▁origin ated ▁from ▁cross ▁bre eding ▁the ▁old ▁p ige on ▁bre eds ▁the ▁Dutch ▁Cro pper , ▁Up lo per ▁and ▁the ▁Paris ian ▁P outer . ▁ ▁Each ▁of ▁these ▁bre eds ▁is ▁described ▁in ▁works ▁d ating ▁from ▁the ▁ 1 7 th ▁century . ▁However , ▁in ▁an ▁earlier ▁account , ▁John ▁Moore ▁suggested ▁that ▁the ▁bre ed ▁was ▁the ▁result ▁of ▁cross ▁bre eding ▁between ▁a ▁type ▁of ▁cro pper ▁and ▁hors eman ▁( both ▁ 1 8 th ▁century ▁p ige on ▁types ). ▁Histor ically , ▁the ▁English ▁P outer ▁was ▁also ▁called ▁the ▁P out ing ▁H ors eman , ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁links ▁with ▁the ▁H ors eman ▁bre ed . ▁The ▁modern ▁bre eds ▁of ▁cro ppers , ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Nor wich ▁Cro pper , ▁origin ate ▁from ▁the ▁English ▁P outer . ▁ ▁Charles ▁Dar win ▁described ▁the ▁English ▁P outer ▁in ▁his ▁ 1 8 6 8 ▁work ▁The ▁Vari ation ▁of ▁Anim als ▁and ▁Pl ants ▁under ▁Dom estic ation , ▁saying ▁that ▁the ▁bre ed ▁was ▁" per haps ▁the ▁most ▁distinct ▁of ▁all ▁domestic ated ▁p ige ons ". ▁ ▁Description ▁As ▁with ▁all ▁bre eds ▁of ▁domestic ated ▁p ige ons , ▁the ▁English ▁P outer ▁is ▁desc