THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 

 G. cuneata. 



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Graceful Ground 

 Dove. 

 G. humeral is. Bar red -shouldered 



Dove. 



2. Macropygia. M. phasiauella. Plieasant-tailed 



Pigeon. 



3. OcypJiaps. O. lophota. Crested Dove. 



4. ChalcJiopJiaps. C. cJirysocJdorus. Green-winged Dove. 



5. Phaps. P. chalcoptera. Bronze- winged 



The Peaceful, Placid, and Graceful Ground Doves 

 are all charming little birds, the last of which is Letter 

 known to amateurs by the name of Diamond Dove. 

 They are easily kept in confinement if protected from cold ; 

 and, if the aviary is of sufficient size., will live pretty com- 

 fortably together, each couple taking up a position in it to 

 which it will keep without unduly interfering with its 

 neighbours ; but if in the least crowded, they quickly belie 

 their names, and it will become a case of the survival of 

 the fittest in the shortest possible time. 



For food, they should have millet and dari ; hemp is 

 bad for them, and canary seed, as a rule, they do not care 

 about, while rape, and all that sort of thing, they do not 

 touch ; but if they have young, a little coarse oatmeal, or 

 some of Robinson's patent groats, may be added to their 

 bill of fare. 



