DOVES. 133 



black spots ; the rest of the plumage is of a light 

 reddish brown, spotted with black and brown. 

 The female has the upper parts of a light brown; 

 the lower parts, reddish gray. 



LOCATION. Found in various parts of Asia 

 Resident. 



DOVES. 



RING DOVE. 



THIS is a neat and pretty bird, mild and gentle 

 in its disposition. I kept a pair for some time, 

 (a good many years ago) but never could succeed 

 in raising more than one bird at a hatching, the 

 other egg either proving bad, or if both hatched, 

 one of them would die, it appeared to me, from 

 their carelessness in feeding, and I have heard often 

 since, from those who keep them, the same com- 

 plaint. They are very loving birds, the male 

 hardly ever leaving the female, and when she is 



