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Upon binding to 11-cis-retinal, these opsins regenerate the corresponding photosensitive molecules, visual pigments. The absorbance spectra of visual pigments have a broad bell shape with the peak, being called \u03bbmax. Previously, the SWS1Cl opsin cDNA was isolated from the pigeon retinal RNA, expressed in cultured COS1 cells, reconstituted with 11-cis-retinal, and the \u03bbmax of the resulting SWS1Cl pigment was shown to be 393 nm. In this article, using the same methods, the \u03bbmax values of RH1Cl, RH2Cl, SWS2Cl, and LWSCl pigments were determined to be 502, 503, 448, and 559 nm, respectively. The pigeon is also known for its UV vision, detecting light at 320\u2013380 nm. Being the only pigments that absorb light below 400 nm, the SWS1Cl pigments must mediate its UV vision. 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