4G LovnUUiiiV>^ Barhei. 



noiglil)ourIinod nf man, allliouuli llioy ai-(^ never inuoli snu.qiit aflor 

 l)y gunners, a,s tlieii- llcsli is di'y ami tasleless al its hcst, \vhil<' 

 at. certain seasons it. is almost unca.tal>l(>. They ai-e. generally round 

 in pair> or in small ])arti("s of not more than .six, ])roljabIy the 

 old Itii'ds with perhaps two nests of young, as tiie lattei' ]-emain 

 with their parents for some time after leaving the iirst. Their 

 flight is sti'ong l)ut ratlu'i' slow and they often soar and wlieel about 

 high in the air above the ti.»i)s of the ilhuns, just as tame pigeons 

 arc fond (d' doing. Their note is a rapidly I'ejjejdod '" Ivon-ku-ku-ku," 

 the later notes getting shorter and short(U' and following each othei' 

 vei'y ([uiidvly. Tlu'y do well enougli in captivity but arc not often 

 canghi by the natives. Tlicir .Maudingo name is Kallawiiri. 



The b'.lmii Pigeon is the largest tiambian I'igeon and is 

 (list iiiL^iushed )>\ having the iiccdv- feathers bifui'catcd at the ends 

 and by the while tria.iri^ular spots on tln^ wings. The head, back and 

 under siu-f;ice from chin to vent are asliy-grey, the m^pe, mantle and 

 throat being washed with laifous, while a patcli of bifurcated glossy 

 Idack and wliite feathers ornaments the junction of the neck and 

 breast. The wing-coverts are deeji rufous and spotted with tri- 

 aiiguhu' white spots; the tpiills are grey bordered externally with 

 red-brown; the under .surface of the wings is pale .slate. The 

 tail-feathers ai-e grey streaked and tipped with black above, brown 

 below. Bill lead-coloured, feet black, iris a dirty pale amber colour. 

 Length 14 inches. 



To he cothliwicd. 



Levaillant's fiarbet. 



( TiacJi yph on u.s cafer) . 

 Br We,sley T. Page, F.Z.S., Etc. 



Tliougii i^ractically so far a.s I can call to mind at 

 the iiiouieiit, only two living' si)ocini(Mis have 'been imported 

 into this country, one of these being- in the possessiori of 

 tlu' Loiuhui Zoo, and the other jKissed into the liands of Air. 

 II. 1). Aslly. then to Mi'. (). jMillsuni, who exhibited it at the 

 L.C.IkA. Show of r.lOD, eventually parting with it to Mr. S. Beaty, 

 who exliibited it recently at the Edinburgh National Sliow, 

 where the drawing- which accompanies these notes was made, 

 by our worthy artist, Mr. H. Goodchild. It is nevertheless 

 quite common in its native country, l)ut is not held in repute 

 in the cultivated districts it frequents, as it levies a heavy 

 toll on all ripe fruits. 



It ranges over the Transvaal, Natal, Bechuanaland, 

 lihodesia, and Portug-ese East Africa. 



