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I have constantly had them at both breakfast and 

 dinner, still without becoming satiated, and there 

 are very few varieties of game could stand a more 

 severe test. Their note or call is remarkably melo- 

 dious, and in the spring or pairing time, when they 

 are numerous, you can hear their sweet voice all day 

 long, and in every direction. I have always regret- 

 ted that no one has thought of introducing this little 

 stranger, and nothing could afford me greater pleas- 

 ure than to be the medium, for I feel perfectly con- 

 fident that neither would ever have occasion for 

 regret. 



