a ‘THE NATURAL HISTORY 
the Pali eres, beditle they pair, they bill, they fit 
alternately, they lay fewer eggs, they fad their 
yeung from-their own. beaks with what they have. 
fwallowed, and they build their nefts.on high. 
However as -Linnzts, whofe arrangement 1S - 
followed, bas placed them with the Pafleres, they 
will be confidered here as belonging to the firtt 
divition of that order. | ee oo 

Fir Divifion of PASSERES. 
GENUS 65. oe CO LUM B Ae : 
The bill is fol neatly ftrait, defcending a lite towards 
the point. ? 
“The noftrils are son, half covered with ‘a foft tumid 
or fwelling membrane. 
The tongue 18. ne ee 
‘HE oenus Columba, ‘or Pigeon, dees - : 
two fubdivifions. The firft with the fea- ; 
thers in the tail nearly of an equal length. : 
It has been obferved that Pigeons — are not our . 
gaa, like dogs and horfes, nor are they our — 
~ prifoners like bee indoor poultry, but that they _ 
rather feem to be our voluntary companions, and — 
- occalional guelts, fo long as Mey are provided — 
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