PLATE 53 



A. 



Juvenal (5 weeks) male common pigeon. xO.-l. Nov. L908. This bird and 

 nest mate (fig. B, pi. 53) from a father of reddish color, with guinea-marks 

 (some white primaries); mother black with good guinea-marks. This young 

 reddish (its mate black) with fairly strong marks and several white spots. 



Juvenal (5 weeks) common pigeon. x().4. Nov. 1908. General color black 

 hut like its red nest-mate (see tin. A) has good guinea-marks and white spots. 



