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DOMESTIC PIGEONS : 



Chat. V. 



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

 and (d) the Bagadotten Carrier (of Neuroeister), all drawn of the 

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



agl^B^ 





Fig. 24. — Sk ills of rigeons ?ipwed laterally, of natural size A. Wild Hock-pigeon. Columba 

 itcia. B. Short-faced Tumbler. C. English Carrier. D. Bagadotten Carrier. 



cation ot the bones of the face, the space between the orbits is pro- 

 • tonally a little narrower than in the rock-pigeon. In the Baga- 

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

 lary l>ones are proportionally broader In the Short-faced Tumbler 



