BLUE HILL-PIGEON 147 
but in a letter to me written about that time, says that they seldom 
troubled to kill them unless they wanted a few for the pot. 
They are well-flavoured birds, just like the ordinary wild Pigeon, 
that is to say, like a tame one, but drier and less fat. 
They are grain, seed, and berry eaters, like the true Rock-Pigeons, 
and not fruit-eaters. 
Their notes are said to be indistinguishable from those of the 
Blue Rock. 
