PASSENGER PIGEON. 



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grey ; throat and breast rich chestnut bay, becoming paler 

 on the belly and flanks ; vent and under tail-coverts white ; 

 legs and toes rather long, and reddish orange ; the claws 

 black. 



The whole length of an adult male bird is seventeen 

 inches. From the carpal joint to the end of the wing, 

 eight inches and a half ; the first and third quill -feathers 

 equal in length, longer than the fourth, but a little shorter 

 than the second, which is the longest in the wing. 



The female is rather smaller than the male, seldom mea- 

 suring more than sixteen inches in length, and her plumage 

 is less pure and bright, being more tinged with brown. 





