Related for Menachot 115:9
א"ה בכורים נמי דתנן הגוזלות שעל גבי הסלין היו עולות והסלים שבידם ניתנין לכהנים הנהו לעטר בכורים הוא דאתו
For we have learnt: The pigeons that were upon the baskets [of firstfruits] were sacrificed as burnt-offerings, but those which the people carried in their hands they gave to the priests!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Bik. III,5');"><sup>8</sup></span> - Those were only for adorning the firstfruits.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' But were not offered as an obligation with the firstfruits.');"><sup>9</sup></span>
Tosefta Bikkurim
The commandment is to bring [the first fruits] of the seven types (Deut. 8:7-8), and if he only brought one type, he fulfilled his obligation. How so? He brings barley and places it on the bottom, and then something else on top of it; and then the next-to-the bottom is wheat, and then something else on top of that; and next he puts olives on top of them, and then figs on top of all of them, and surrounds them with grape clusters from the outside. They would not ascend [to Jerusalem] alone, but rather town by town (פלכים פלכים). They would not walk the entire day, but rather two thirds of the day. A cantor from the synagogue would go up with them and they would sleep in the streets of the city. They would not enter anyone's house due to [the possibility of contracting] tent-impurity, which requires a burnt offering an a peace offering. They would not occupy themselves [with distractions] during the journey [to Jerusalem] in the way that they would occupy themselves on the return journey.... When they arrived at the Temple Mount, even King [Herod] Agrippa would hoist a basket [of first fruits] on his shoulders and proceeded until he arrived at the Temple Courtyard. When he arrived at the Temple Courtyard, the Levites sang the psalm, "I extol you, O Lord, for You have lifted me up, and not let my enemies rejoice over me" (Ps. 30:1, JPS tr.). The birds that were tied to the baskets were offered as burnt-offerings, and whatever was in their hands they gave to the Priests.
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Mishnah Bikkurim
The birds [tied to] the basket were [offered] as whole burnt-offerings, and those which they held in their hands they gave to the priests.
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