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PIGEONS.
"What pigeons are those?" asked a little
boy standing by my side, in front of a beautiful
aviary containing various specimens of these
birds.
"Those are the Wonga-wonga, from
Australia; and the other two perched next to
them, with the pretty white-tipped vane on
their heads, are called the Victoria crowned
pigeon, and hail from New Guinea."
" And those with the red circles round their
eyes, like gold-framed spectacles ?" again
inquired the lad.
"I am not quite sure; we will ask them," I
said.
The little fellow and his boy-companions
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