rs THE NATURAL HISTORY 
with feathers, almoft to the toes. They inhabii 
Europe and Afia, fly in flocks, and are very hurt¬ 
ful to corn-fields. 
The Ring Doves are a large fpeciesofthe Pigeon; 
they come into England and France in the fpring, 
and go away in autumn. Their young are feen 
in great plenty in Auguft. Some continue in 
France all winter; they perch upon trees, and 
make a large, but a flight and flat neft among the* 
branches. They lay two, and l'qmctimes thrcef 
eggs, and breed twice a yqar, in April and at! 
Midfummer. Mr. Buffon fays, that they fit but 
fourteen days, and that in fourteen days after the 
young are hatched, they are capable of taking care 
of themfelves. They coo louder than the com¬ 
mon Pigeon in the breeding feafon when the 
W’eather is fine, but if it be rainy they are quite 
filers t. 
They feed upon berries, acorns, wild flraw- 
berries, and grain of all kind, and frequently do 
great mifchicf among the corn. 
They are very delicate food, and being much) 
fought alter, are rather fcarce. In fome parts of; 
England they are called Queifts, and their note is 
jnoft pleafingly wild and plaintive. 
The White-bellied Pigeon.—The tail is blue, 
tciminated with a band of white. It is found in 
Jamaica, 
