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ORNITHOLOGY. 
marked Treron crassirostris, or thick-billed pigeon, since 
figured by Mr. Frazer ; the large grey-headed bush shrike, 
Malaconotus olivaceus, in its grey, yellow, and olive 
plumage; the orange-breasted bush shrike, Malaco- 
notus chrysogaster •, the walking drongo, Melasoma 
edaloides, in sober black ; but the most important are 
the wild poultry, which are now beginning to abound, 
and have already somewhat changed in appearance 
and cry. The natives state that they are the produce 
of some stock which escaped from a vessel wrecked on 
the island many years ago. Those we saw were ex- 
tremely wild, and flew from tree to tree, uttering a cry 
quite different to that of the domestic fowl. In the long 
reedy grass which skirts the western shore, wild pigs 
are found, one of which we shot with the assistance of 
a Negro. It was a fine boar, in excellent condition, 
and had long twisted tusks, capable of inflicting a severe 
wound, which the natives said occasionally happened 
in hunting them. These animals were stated to have 
come on the island in the same way and time as the 
fowls, but the mode of subsistence has likewise very 
much changed their characteristics. 
The northern shore has several little sandy bays, 
where shells of great beauty and variety are thrown 
up; unfortunately for our collections they were all 
dead and therefore useless, but proved that there 
must be an abundance in the vicinity. 
This picturesque island is not a good wood- 
ing place, as the hard-wood trees are few, and 
