tJitOWNED PIGEONS. 



Upon a I'urther exaiuiuatiou of tlie iuteriur of 



mnciiSj and also of coagula1>lc lyiiipli. Tha 

 wltoU? of the reniaiiidi^r of tlie alimentary caual 

 liud its external coats very vascular.* 



The specimen was a female, and^ from tlie 

 cMIiidif ^ pkpm^g. Ihe ^Ib^ mutt il1s6 be 

 females. The plttjtiage accords witli the de- 

 scription given in our works of natural history 

 of this hird. Some J>ird-fanciers ol)servo, that 

 they can distinguish male from female birds by 

 lh« Mfe-aeaptife feailiem aaear the base? the 

 male birds h;i\ iuix alw^$ an odd iiuitilver— as 

 five, seven, nine, eleven ; and tlio females ahviiys 

 an even minilur — as six, eight, twelve, tS:c., 

 according to the species. But, cxaniiuiiig, on 



jfeund no difference of plumage, so as to 

 form a sexual distinction. 



TJie two other hirds are perfectly healthy in 

 appearance ; but as the dead one was so in its 

 external appearance, it it .dIJKtMi to judge of 



*• I have preserved the wPrete of th6 tHka^^y cdnal frdtti 

 the ccsopliagLis to ilic rectum, (including the distended giz- 

 xard left unopened,} w an entUe «.titf© in spirits. The liver^ 

 6 varies, and tracheii, I lia^««(Iso jUr^mved lii A«i)»tkr fnan- 

 ncr, and jjresenud to tite R<»y«I C^jltcge of SJupgeom^ j« 

 IrO»don. 



