the nostrils
was only moderately, and that round the eyes scarcely at all wattled.

_Sub-race III. Bagadotten-Tauben of Neumeister_ (Pavdotten or
Hocker-Tauben).--I owe to the kindness of Mr. Baily, jun., a dead
specimen of this singular breed imported from Germany. It is certainly
allied to the Runts; nevertheless, from its close affinity with
Carriers, it will be convenient here to describe it. The beak is long,
and is hooked or bowed downwards in a highly remarkable manner, as will
be seen in the woodcut to be hereafter given when I treat of the
skeleton. The eyes are surrounded by a wide space of bright red skin,
which, as well as that over the nostrils, is moderately wattled. The
breast-bone is remarkably protuberant, being abruptly bowed outwards.
The feet and tarsi are of great length, larger than in first-rate
English Carriers. The whole bird is of large size, but in proportion to
the size of the body the feathers of the wing and tail are short; a
wild rock-pigeon, of considerably less size, had tail-feathers 4.6
inches in length, whereas in the large Bagadotten these feathers were
scarcely over 4.1 inches in length. Riedel[283] remarks that it is a
very silent bird.

_Sub-race IV. Bussorah Carrier._--Two specimens were sent me by Sir W.
Elliot from Madras, one in spirits and the other skinned. The name
shows its Persian origin. It is much valued in India, and is considered
as a distinct breed from the Bagdad Carrier, which forms my second
sub-race. At first I suspected that these two sub-races might have been
recently formed by crosses with other breeds, though the estimation in
which they are held renders this improbable; but in a Persian
treatise,[284] believed to have been written about 100 years ago, the
Bagdad and Bussorah breeds are described as distinct. The Bussorah
Carrier is of about the same size with the wild rock-pigeon. The shape
of the beak, with some little carunculated skin over the nostrils,--the
much elongated eyelids,--the {142} broad mouth measured
internally,--the narrow head,--the feet proportionally a little longer
than in the rock-pigeon,--and the general appearance, all show that
this bird is an undoubted Carrier; yet in one specimen the beak was of
exactly the same length as in the rock-pigeon. In the other specimen
the beak (as well as the openin