CAPE PIGEONS.
I also shot this afternoon three Cape pigeons (Procellaria capensis) white underneath, spotted black and white above.
FIRST SPECIMEN--Female.
Temperature, 98 1/2 degrees.
Length from tip to tip of wing, 2 feet 11.3 inches.
Length from tip of tail to tip of beak, 1 foot 6 inches.
Length from tip of beak, 1.5 inches.
Length from root to tip of tail,4.1 inches.
Length of foot, 2.3 inches.
Breadth across body, 3.2 inches.
SECOND SPECIMEN.
Length from tip to tip of wing, 2 feet 5 inches.
Length from tip of tail to tip of beak, 1 foot 5 inches.
Length from tip of beak, 1.5 inches.
Length from root to tip of tail, 4 inches.
Length of foot, 2.3 inches.
Breadth across body, 3 inches.
THIRD SPECIMEN--Female.
Length from tip to tip of wing, 2 feet 5.5 inches.
Length from tip of tail to tip of beak, 1 foot 4.6 inches.
Length from tip of beak, 1.3 inches.
Length from root to tip of tail, 4.6 inches.
Length of foot, 2.2 inches.
Breadth across body, 3.4 inches.
Two species of insects were found in these Cape pigeons.
The only difference I have been able to observe between the male and female of these birds is, that the male has the black spots of rather a deeper hue.