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confirms ray opinion, that it frequents 

 corn-fields, seed clover, and brakes or fern, 

 more for the sake of snails, slugs, and 

 other insects which abound in such places, 

 than for the grain or seeds; and that it 

 is entirely an insectivorous bird. 



Markwick. 



FOOD FOR THE RING-DOVE. 



One of my neighbours shot a ring-dove 

 on an evening as it v^as returning from 

 feed and going to roost. When his v^ife 

 had picked and drawn it, she found its 

 craw stuffed with the most nice and tender 

 tops of turnips. These she washed and 

 boiled, and so sat down to a choice and 

 delicate plate of greens, culled and pro- 

 vided in this extraordinary manner. 

 ^ Hence we may see that graminivorous 

 birds, when grain fails, can subsist on the 

 leaves of vegetables. There is reason to 

 suppose that they would not long be 



