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 The woods of Dominica abound with wild pigeons, mountain doves, ring-neck doves, ground doves, partridges, mackaws, parrots, hawks, diablotins, and a variety of inging and other mall birds; among which is the mountain whitler, the thruh, and wren: from the inging, whitling, and chirping of which, the woods reound in a mot delightful manner.

The wild pigeon is of the ize of the common houe pigeon, has a red bill and legs, and its feathers are of a dark blue, tinged with a gold colour. They build on the tops of the highet trees, lay only two eggs at a itting, but hatch everal times in the eaon, which is from February to Augut. Their fleh is of a dark colour, and is very fat when they are in eaon, which is after their breeding time is over, when it has a mot delicious flavour, and is greatly relihed. The