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THE NATURAL HISTORY 



The above-mentioned birds, as they stand numerically, 

 belong to the following Linnaean genera. 



All birds that continue in full song till after Midsummer 

 appear to me to breed more than once. 



Most kinds of birds seem to me to be wild and shy 

 somewhat in proportion to their bulk ; I mean in this 

 island, where they are much pursued and annoyed : but in 

 Ascension Island, and many other desolate places, mariners 

 have found fowls so unacquainted with an human figure. 



