So again, when this same tumbler and the rock-pigeon were compared by the length of their wings, or by the extreme length of their bodies, the feet of the tumbler were likewise found to be too short in very nearly the same proportion. I am well aware that the measurements pretend to greater accuracy than is possible, but it was less trouble to write down the actual measurements given by the compasses in each case than an approximation. TABLE I. _Pigeons with their beaks generally shorter than that of the Rock-pigeon, proportionally with the size of their bodies._ +-----------------------------------------+--------+-------------------+ | | | Difference | | | | between | | | | actual and | | | | calculated | | | | length of | | Name of Breed. | Actual | feet, in | | | length | proportion to | | | of | length of | | | Feet | feet and size | | | | of body in the | | | | Rock-pigeon | | | +-------------------+ | Wild rock-pigeon (mean measurement) | 2.02 |Too short|Too long | | | | by | by | +-----------------------------------------+--------+---------+---------+ | Short-faced Tumbler, bald-head | 1.57 | 0.11 | .. | | " " almond | 1.60 | 0.16 | .. | | Tumbler, red magpie | 1.75 | 0.19 | .. | | " red common (by standard | | | | | to end of tail) | 1.85 | 0.07 | .. | | " common bald-head | 1.85 | 0.18 | .. | | " roller | 1.80 | 0.06 | .. | | Turbit | 1.75 | 0.17 | .. | | " | 1.80 | 0.01 | .. | | " | 1.84 | 0.15 | .. | | Jacobin | 1.90 | 0.02 | .. | | Trumpeter, white | 2.02 | 0.06 | .. | | " mottled | 1.95 | 0.18 | .. | | Fantail (by standard to end of tail) | 1.85 | 0.15 | .. | | " " " | 1.95 | 0.15 | .. | | " crested var.