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Chap. V. 



rock-pigeon, (b) the Short-faced Tumbler, (c) the English Carrier, 

 and (d) the Bagadotten Carrier (of Neumeister), all drawn of the 

 natural size and viewed laterally. In the Carrier, besides the elon- 



o 



Fig. 24. — Skulls of Pigeons viewed laterally, uf natural size. A. Wild Kock-pigeon, 

 Licia. B. Short-faced Tumbkr. C. English Currier. I>. Liuguduttea L'arrit 



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gation of the bones of the face, the space between the orbits is pro- 

 portionally a little narrower than in the rock-pigeon. In the Baga- 

 dotten the upper mandible is remarkably arched, and the prem axil- 

 lary bones are proportionally broader In the Short-faced Tumbler 



