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was saturated. Some natives followed and assisted us in 

 finding the pigeons concealed in the breadfruit and other 

 much taller trees. I killed several superb parrots, a small 

 kingfisher, a fine eagle with white head, neck and breast of 

 a bright brown, as were also the wings ; some pretty green 

 doves with orange breasts, and heads of a slate colour on 



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the top. Large heavy pigeons, of a light brown, abounded, 

 but it was diSicult to distinguish them when pointed out to 

 us, and it was unpleasant to have to throw the head back as 

 far as it could go to see the birds, and then to have to point 

 your gun straight up in the air to fire at them. You cannot 

 often see them from more than one spot ; there is no sport 



