Of the parrot tribe alone I could, while I am writing, count up from memory fourteen different sorts.
Hawks are very numerous, so are quails.

A single snipe has been shot.
Ducks, geese and other aquatic birds are often seen in large flocks, but are universally so shy, that it is found difficult to shoot them.

Some of the smaller birds are very beautiful, but they are not remarkable for either sweetness, or variety of notes.

To one of them, not bigger than a tomtit, we have given the name of coach-whip, from its note exactly resembling the smack of a whip.

The country, I am of opinion, would abound with birds did not the natives, by perpetually setting fire to the grass and bushes, destroy the greater part of the nests; a cause which also contributes to render small quadrupeds scarce.