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DOMESTIC PIGEONS. 



Chap. V. 



is much smaller than the rock-pigeon, and would naturally have shorter 

 feet ; but it is found on calculation to have feet too short by -11 f an 

 inch, in comparison with the feet of the rock-pigeon, relatively to the size 

 of the body in these two birds, as measured from the base of beak to the 

 oil-gland. So again, when this same tumbler and the rock-pigeon were 

 compared by the length of their wings, or by the extreme length of their 

 bodies, the feet of the tumbler were likewise found to be too short in very 

 nearly the same proportion. I am well aware that the measurements pre- 

 tend to greater accuracy than is possible, but it was less trouble to write 

 down the actual measurements given by the compasses in each case than 

 an approximation. 



Table I. 



Pigeons with their heaks generally shorter than that of the Rock-pigeon 

 proportionally with the size of their bodies. 



Name of Breed. 



Wild rock-pigeon (mean measurement) 



Short-faced Tumbler, bald-head 



„ „ almond 



Tumbler, red magpie 



„ red common (by standard to end of tail) 



,, common bald-head 



,, roller 



Turbit 



5> 



5? 



Jacobin 



Trumpeter, white 



„ mottled 



Fan tail (by standard to end of tail) 



5? n » 



„ crested var. „ 



Indian Frill-back „ .. 



English Frill-back 



Nun 



Laugher 



Barb 



j? 



Spot 



■>■> " " 



Swallow, red 



„ blue 



Pouter 



„ German 



Bussorah Carrier 



Number of specimens 



Actual 

 length 



of 

 Feet. 



2-02 



Difference between 

 actual and calculated 



length of feet, in 



proportion to length of 



feet and size of body 



in the Rock-pigeon. 



Too short 



by 



Too long 



by 



•57 



o- 



•60 



o- 



•75 



o- 



85 



o- 



•85 



o- 



•80 



o- 



•75 



o- 



•80 



o- 



•84 



o- 



•90 



o- 



•02 



o- 



•95 



o- 



•85 



0- 



•95 



o- 



•95 



o- 



•80 



o- 



•10 



o- 



•82 



o- 



•65 



o- 



•00 



o- 



•00 





■90 



o- 



•90 



o- 



•85 



o- 



•00 





•42 





•30 





•17 





28 



11 



16 



19 



•07 



■18 



■06 



17 



01 



15 



■02 



•06 



'18 



■15 



15 



■0 



19 



■03 



■02 



16 



•03 



: 02 

 •07 

 •18 



22 



0-0 



0-03 



0-03 

 0-11 

 0-09 

 0-09 



5 



