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DENIZENS OF THE FOREST 



Bosch-duif. and is also occasionally called the Oliven- 

 duif. In Natal it is termed the Black Pigeon, but in the 

 Eastern districts of the Cape it is generally known as the 



Bush Pigeon. 



The back is of a purplish shade, the lower half of the 

 wings being slate-coloured spotted with white ; tail black ; 



Fig. 105. — Olive Pigeon. 



chin and throat pinkish, breast purplish spotted with white, 

 the purple shading into slate on the abdomen. Length, 

 15i inches. 



It ranges from Knysna, in Cape Province, to Zululand 

 and the Transvaal, but is only an inhabitant of forest and 

 bush country. In habits it resembles the Speckled Pigeon, 

 excepting that it builds in trees and lays greenish-white 

 eggs. 



