The Animal Kingdom. 
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well for the emigrant to establish a poultry yard at once. Birds 
are numerous, but singers are rare. Among the more common 
of the feathered creation in Hayti, are green parrots, parroquets, 
nightingales, mocking-birds, humming-birds, tropic-birds, musi¬ 
cians, swallows, turtle doves, woodpeckers, pelicans, king¬ 
fishers, flamingoes, cardinals, partridges, wild geese, wild 
pigeons, wild ducks, ortolans, boobies, snipes, man-of-war birds, 
crab-eaters, bullfinches, aigrets, gris-gris , white owls, brown 
owls, collier, and hawks. 
FISHES. 
Fish abound in the rivers and lakes and along the coasts of 
Hayti. There is a great variety of excellent fish for con¬ 
sumption. Sharks frequent the harbors. Among the more 
common fish are mullets, gray and red sardans, sardines, dol¬ 
phins, carps, bonitoes, pikes, doradoes, gurnets, hammer-heads, 
garfish, porpoises, brills, eels, bull-heads, sea-cows, tunny-fish, 
sword-fish, flying-fish, sun-fish, caranque, vivanneau, becune, 
cayeux, barbarin, tasard, souffleur, pisquet, sea-anemones. 
Common crabs, Moorish crabs, gallo-crabs, lobsters, and 
Bhrimps are plentiful. Oysters are found in great numbers 
along the coasts, clinging to the mango bushes, that grew in 
large groves in every part of the sea-shore. They are of small 
size, and are said to be of good flavor. There are various varieties 
of shell-fish, including conches, periwinkles, pearl-oysters, bur- 
gan, Iambi, sea-urchins, murex, helmet-shell, vis, ducal, music, 
soudon, and palourde. There are many reefs where coral of 
exquisite beauty may be gathered, as alsg polypi and sponges. 
INSECTS. 
Insects are plentiful in all tropical climates, and Hayti 
forms no exception to the rule. We can notice a very few 
only. Among the poisonous insects are the scorpion, centipedes, 
and three kind of spiders. The bite of none of them is mortal, 
or even dangerous, if the ordinary remedy is taken in due time. 
The bite of these insects causes inflammation; the remedy is 
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