finished with the first brood, with the result that the 

 latter often dwindle and die through want of proper 

 attention. 



The Diamond Dove should be fed on canary and 

 millet in summer, with hemp now and then in winter. 

 Most small doves are very fond of spray millet. The 

 smaller kinds are not so hardy as the larger species, 

 and it is safer to keep Diamond Doves (and others of 

 the same size) in a heated place for the winter. I 

 keep a good many species of foreign doves, and 

 always look on them as most interesting and satis- 

 factory birds to keep, and this for several reasons : 

 they keep in nice plumage, are mostly very hardy and 

 healthy, seldom ailing anything, and readily take to 

 confinement. One pair of freshly imported doves I 

 have, began to nest within a month after their arrival, 

 and have practically never stopped nesting since. 

 Small birds can be kept with doves in perfect safety ; 

 it is only with each other that doves are sometimes 

 quarrelsome, and even then, as a ge7ieral rule, nothing 

 very serious happens to the combatants, beyond loss of 

 plumage. 



