Some Doves I Have Kept. 4.7 



Some Doves I Have Kept. 

 By Wm. Shore Baily. 



Many of our members have no doubt had in their 

 aviaries from time to time a larger and more varied selection 

 of the CoUimbi.da.e than the writer has kept and. it is with 

 some hesitation that I venture to send in these few notes on 

 the different species kept here during the last ten years. 

 The first species I obtained were pairs of Brush Bronze- 

 wingf and Auritas. These came from our member 

 Miss R. Alders on The Brush Bronze-wings turned out to be 

 two hens, and both of them laid their rirsl season. Miss 

 Alderson sent m ■ a ( ock in the place of one of the hens, and 

 the other I still have. Soon after Uiis I purchased from 

 Messrs. Payne and Wallace pairs of Bronze-neck and Peace- 

 ful Doves, thus commencing my first year of bird keeping with 

 four pairs of these pretty creatures. Other Doves I have 

 kept are Zebra. Diamond. Cape Masked, Zenaida, White.- 

 vv'inged. Senegal. Necklace. Half-collared, Crested. Bronze- 

 wing. Violet. White-crowned. Bleeding Heart, and lately, 

 through the kindness of our Editor. Indian Green Fruit- 

 Pigeons, and Green-winged Doves. 



Peaceful Dove {Geopelia tranqiiiUa). These 

 were the first to fully rear young with me. They built their 

 nest fifteen feet from the ground, so I saw very little of the 

 rearing operations. How these birds got their name I am at 

 a loss to understand, as there is nothing peaceful about my 

 birds. My little cock in the breeding season will tackle birds 

 much larger than himself. He has now been with me nine 

 year's. At one time very common and cheap, they are now 

 seldom imported, and I have been unable to secure a hen for 

 several years. 



Zebra Dove {Geopelia striata). These are very like 

 their peaceful cousins, but are a trifle larger. They can be 

 easily distinguished by the absence of the chestnut-coloured 



