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DOMESTIC PIGEONS : 



Chap. V. 



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

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

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



pig. 31. ^kiills of Pigeons viewed laterally, of natural size. A. Wild Rock-pjpoon. CoJumha 



Uuia. B. Short-fac*d Tumbler. C. English Carrier. D. liug.idutlen Carrier. 



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

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

 dotten the upper mandible is remarkably arched, and the premaxil- 

 lary bones are proportionally broader In the Short-faced Tumbler 



