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REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE. 



lived longer. The feathers became ruffled and gave them a puffed 

 appc^arance. They stood in a corner of the coop with head drooping, 

 the lips of the wing sej^arated from each other more than normally, 

 the tail feathers touching tlio ground. The birds were conscious of 

 movements about them, and would, when approached, regain for a 

 time their normal position, relapsing into the former relaxed attitude 

 soon after. 



Experiments with pigeons. 



