CItOWNEO PIGEONS. 



a very graceful und ulcgant appearance, gaziug 

 upon ti*e wide YiJ&w l»^fer<^ it, wltli it$ b^tiijitifel 



the same time, whilst gently Ijeiifliiig its head, 

 the usual Immming\ mournful souuds, which re- 

 sembled those of a person sull'eriug bodily torture. 

 Tlie birds Iwa a liealthy appearance, 

 fe^d imll pMj ; and m. mtm loaaize 



•being given to theui stjme tiiiu' afterwards, they 

 refused it, prcferriuri' tlie former grain. After tliis 

 accident occurring to their ca<j:c. to pre\eut a 

 recurrence, they were removed into an empty 

 and spacious tarkey-coop^ wM^li, eon* 

 struetioitr skelter them very well from tile wea- 

 tiler. 



On the l-jth of Jauuarv, 1 bad tlu' misiurtune 

 to lose one of the birds : they had all the sem- 



one was -seen to run about tbe cage two or three 

 times, and then fell dead. This liird, 1 bad ob- 

 served when it first came on board, had a film 

 ov«r one of the eyes, (whicli diseased eye haa 

 hmi ptresetved iii sprrits*) Tmt it dM »€% appear 

 at all to affect its general bealtli.* 



j^rom tlie very sudden deatli of the bird, 1 felt 



* At noon of the day the bird dieili, we wete^ hi lat* 

 Uii" 58' south, loiij?. (i7" cast. 



