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HISTORY OF 
in his “ History of British Animals,” shot at Westhall, in the 
parish of Monymeal, Fifeshire, on the 31st of December, 1825. 
The feathers were quite fresh and entire, like those of a wild 
bird. The specimen in question was presented to Dr. Fleming, 
by the Rev. A. Esplin, schoolmaster at Monymeal. 
The Migratory Pigeon builds its nest in a similar manner 
to our Ring Pigeon, and lays two white eggs. 
The male Passenger Pigeon has the head, neck, and throat, 
bldeish grey ; breast and sides, hazel brown, with brassy inflec- 
tions ; belly and vent, white ; thighs and lower part of the 
breast, reddish brown ; rump and back, slate blue ; quills 
and two middle tail feathers, black ; lateral ones, whitish, 
lighter at the tips, blueish at the bases; primaries, edged with 
white ; bill, black ; irides, orange ; orbits, flesh coloured ; 
length, fifteen and a half inches. The female is a little smaller, 
in other respects she much resembles the male ; but the colours 
are less brilliant, and the eyes of a lighter tint. 
