Some Doves I Have Kept. 



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to bring them indoors as they seem happ'er than they are in 

 an out-door aviarv \\lien the weather is \ erv cold and we't. 



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Cape Masked Dove {Acna capensis). A pretty 

 South African in which the sexes are markedly ditiferent. In 

 size it is very little bigger than the last named bird, and it 

 is consequently a favourite in aviaries whsre bigger birds 

 cannot be kept. My birds nested twice last year, one young 

 one being hatched each time. They failed, however to fully 

 rear them. Mr. Bright succeeded in breeding this species 

 last season. 1 do not think that they have often been bred 

 here. They appear to be quite hardy, and my birds seem 

 none the worse for 26 dearrees of frost. 



Masked Doves Brooding Young, 



