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§onie degree of interest, iii examiuiug the body, 

 to t|te eau^ (tf so sudden a mortality ; 



femng that tEe odtet Utds mighi Im affeeled la 

 «,fiilB|lat manner, and thns all my hopes of tak- 

 fnn them to England in a living state would Ibe 

 frustrated. 



On taking the ^d from cage, a 

 ^tmtiliiy of^inaelly lC^d wad disehfti^^ paotiEh 



idQy I^IZl tUe. Hll : thvrc were no external ap'- 

 poarancJCiStO account for tlie death of tlie creature : 

 the plumage was rubbed in some places ; tlie 

 wing and tail feathers were broken, but not more 

 Hbm may M feom in A state of 



confinement, althottglh tlit^y Ibad «» abundance 



of sjiacc in their coop to roam about. 



On examining tlie interior of the bird, tlie 

 appearances of disease tiiat presented theiu- 



; tlia ^dbi, cmMmag the me of th^ 

 body, was very thin ; but this I believe to be 



Invariably tlie case in the pigeon tribe : the 

 bird was very muscular ; but the pectoral more 

 particularly, as well as also tlie other muscles, 

 were extiemely ^IKd* and cmM W imMlj 

 torn asunder, having a closer resemblance to 

 to the innscles of a ti.-li than to those of the fea- 

 thered tribe. On examiniug the croj), 1 observed 

 that it was, both in its external as well as its in- 



