conTcTi 70 iiiMEti ; thft in an hanr unounta to 840 ; is a daf
vt twelra boon, wliidi ia bat a ihott daj iat a awillinr at that
aatioD of ttM jxar, to 10.080 ; in a weak ot Mna daji, to
TO,EiSO ; and in a toitciflit, to Ht,]20. Bnt il ve (mitt tlic
calenlation • little turtber, b; lappcajng that Ifaa Uida nar two
broodl is a leacon, althongb the nnmlwr ii oftoi tlUM, wt
have, at tba ratio at which we hare been oaonting, ■ tottl of
292,240 inaacti dotrojed in oae jeir bf tiea iintt alom, while
teating their two brood* I

Caihikitlodi EimoFMua [NighiiaT\

Of late jnit this tpedea waald appear to haTe become Bon
nomeroiu, bnt it ii itill (er; far booi plentiTol.
CoLlTHBA PALCKBna [Riiig Dott\.
Or, a* we faaTa It, CutKie Doa. This bid* fiir to become i>im d
the greateit pcala of the lirmers. The wild pigeoni bare in-
creased amaonglf within the lut few jean, and the danugi
thajr do ii iDcalcnUble. Thl« increaM i> caused hj the almoat
total deitrnctloD of the hawk tribe, whidi l«Qd«d gnatlj- to lUa
thelt nnmben.
BIRDS. 407

COLOHBA LIVU [Jbel: Davi^

k, tvm pain bre«d In tha caTeins along onr cout. It la t nu-a case,
hawcTcr, to gat B para ipecimea ; u domestic pigeoiu froni tlis
fUToa naor, lonietiniu breed with them. 1 have aeea wliile
apecimeiu, u veil u thoia of a sand colour.
OOLCHBA TtTBTUR \TliHU iJotw].
Three or four Bpwilmens of this ipNlei are isld to have be«n eeeo,
and noma of them obtained, within the count; ; but whether wild
onei, or individuals that hul escaped, hu not bG«n atcertainaL

PaABIANCS COLCHICUS [PAftManf].
