CiR Prh'ciic Impnrtnunn of Incl'inn Birds in igi6. 



India, t-xct'pt iiv^ the l[iinalaya^ and Punjab. It frequents 

 woods, open spares in jungles, g^ro\"es of trees, avenues and 

 L;ardens it is bold and fearless and ai)]')roarhes close to 

 hous(\^. Some obserxers state that it runs up and down trees 

 like W'oodpccd^ers. but jerdon states that he has never 

 obser\'ed this, and that it ho])s about the branches like other 

 perching birds. Mr. IWyth states that one he kept for some 

 time in captivity would take insects and munch them in its 

 mouth, but did not swallow them and forsook them immedi- 

 ately when fruit was offered. Its chief food is fruit and 

 sometimes perhaps insects (perhaps Mr. Maxwell will kindly 

 give us an account of his bird.— Ed. "B.\."'). Its loud 

 call note is something like /oo/i -/ooX' — tool^ ( ferdOn). and ap- 

 pears to come from a different direction from that from which 

 it realh proceeds. It breeds in holes in trees; the clutch is 

 two (sometimes morel white eggs. 



It is to be hoped that at the end of this dreadful war 

 this spei i<'s w'ill be more frequently imported, for it is a mosf 

 inte:esting and beautiful bird, in spite of the somewhat 

 startling contrasts of the colour arrangement of its plumage. 



{To l)c contimicd). 



Some Doves I Have Kept. 



Bv \\".M. .Snoki B.Mi.v. 



{Concluded from page 50). 



Il.M.i' -c oi.LAREi^ TURTLK IJOVE {'furtur senutorqua- 

 fus). An uninteresting species, closely allied to the common 

 Barbary Do\f. I have liad three or four of these birds and 

 they nested frequently, the eggs always proving infertile. I 

 fancy that they were all hens, as I ha\e ne\cr seen them 

 displaying to each other. They did not live very long uitli 

 me. 



Ckesif.I) Dovi {Ocyphaps lopliotes). This very hand- 

 some. Australian pigeon iias nested se\eral times with me, but 

 wiithoui success. They look \ery nice in a large aviary and 

 their display is amusing, but as I 'found them rather quarrel- 

 some auL. tiieir rapid and somewhat hawk-like flight seemed 



