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What time became ting'd with his radiance the sky, 

 The Eagle majestic was soaring on high ; 



on, yet, where so much concurrent testimony is extant, the sub- 

 ject most certainly deserves further inquiry ; and in this respect 

 Mr. Jenyns merits the thanks of the Natural Historian for the 

 facts which he has recorded concerning this bird ; and it is to be 

 hoped that we shall, ere long, become better acquainted with 

 the columba livia, or Rock-dove, to which the reverend gen- 

 tleman has alluded. 



I heard a Stock-dove sing or say, 



His homely tale this very day ; 



His voice was buried among trees, 



Yet to be come at by the breeze : 



He did not cease ; but cooed and cooed ; 



And somewhat pensively he wooed; 



He sang of love with quiet blending, 



Slow to begin and never ending; 



Of serious faith, and inward glee, 



That was the song — the song for me. 



Wordsworth. 



The Stock-dove, recluse with her mate, 

 Conceals her fond bliss in the grove, 



And, murmuring, seems to repeat, 

 That May is the mother of love. 



Cunningham. 



For an account of the Ring-dove or Wood-pigeon, see the 

 Ring-dove's Lament. 



The Livia, Rock-dove, Wild- dove, White-rumped Pigeon, or 

 Rockier, has been considered, by some ornithologists, as a sepa- 

 rate species, by Dr. Latham as a variety only of the Stock-dove. 

 Mr. Selby, in his Illustrations of British Ornithology, considers 

 it as a distinct species, in this agreeing with the Rev. Mr. 

 Jenyns as noticed in the last article. The Rock-dove is said, in 



