o r places covered .with basaltic rocks ; but I believe no where else, except when on the wing to drink at some river, which th e y do regularly at noon and at sun-set ; basking in the sun all the day, and pecking at the harsh stunted shrubs found in the above mentioned situations. The Rogr is unknown in E u rope, according to Dr. Broussonet, an eminent botanist, for whom I shot several during his residence at Mogodor, in the quality o f French Chargé des Affaires. Pigeons.— Pigeons, denominated El Hammem by the Arabs, are in prodigious numbers all o ve r West Barbary, tame as well as wild : the turtle dove (called E T Imam) also abounds in the woods and gardens, adding considerably, by their plaintive notes, to the soothing pleasures o f the country.- The re are immense quantities o f w ild pigeons in the island o f Mogodor, which build their nests iri the holes, and excavated rocks o f the island; and as it is unlawful to shoot there, it being the state prison o f the empire, they are harmless and domesticated. E a rly in the morning, the y fly in immense flocks, to the adjacent province o f H aha, where they feed on the corn and vegetables during the day, and return about an hour before sun-set. The-beautiful cream-coloured dove, with a black ring round its neck, is a n ative o f Marocco and Terodant. Curlews (B u ku llel* ) .— These birds abound in various parts o f W est Barbary, and are so numerous at El Waladia, that one would imagine it was the roosting place for all the curlews on the earth; the peninsula which encompasses the large-bay o f water at this place, being rocky and uninhabited, is fu ll o f all kinds o f them ; it is a v e ry delicious bird when the blood is not lost b y th e throat being cut. 7 (M ,._ T h e sparrow, denominated Z u zuh , is rare in most parts o f Barbary; but the T ib ib , which resembles it, is v e ry common; this little bird visits the houses e ve ry morning, coming into the rooms undismayed. It is originally an inhabitant o f Atlas, from whence it was brought b y an English merchant* about twenty years since, to'Mogodor, where the breed has continued to multiply ever since. The Crested, Lark is common also in this country. The Cuckoo, Deekuke, as it is called b y the Arabs, is a gray bird, with large black spots, having much feather, and long wings, with a small and short body. T h e y are esteemed a de licacy b y the Arabs. I shot some one day for the purpose o f tasting them, and found them extremely delicate, and not inferior to a partridge. E l Hage. T h is is a small cinereous coloured bird , and scarcely so large as the common b la c k b ird ; it liv e s upon beetles and other insects o f a similar kind, which it never eats till they begin to p u t r ify ; it frequents thorny bushes, on the upper thorns o f which it sticks the beetles, where remaining t ill the y begin to decay, the Hage, in passing through the air is attracted b y their scent, and feeds upon'them. T h e argan tree is the favourite resort o f this b i rd ; on the top, or some conspicuous part o f w hich, it is generally seen, and often alone, without its female. It is called E l Hage, because it accompanies the caravans to M e c ca ; f it is therefore held to be a sacred b i r d ; on this account it would be imprudent to shoot it in presence o f * M r. Wynne. " - - j Those who go to Mecca, receive on their return, the title of El Hage, to which (whatever their rank in life may be) is prefixed the appellation of Seedy, or Monsieur.
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