PASSENGER PIGEON. 



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the other four outside feathers white, partly tinged with 

 pearl grey, and at the base with lead grey ; chin bluish 

 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 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. 



