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Narrow black lines cross the wings, and on the top of the head

is an upright crest of very fine feathers, which look as if the}' had

been wetted and brushed all together into a point. The bird can

lower this crest at will, and I have noticed it frequently does

this when angry, or preparing to attack another bird. The young

birds are very pretty little things, and have tiny crests even

when in the nest. When the Crested Dove alights on a bough it

raises the tail straight up and then drops it again. I have found

this pigeon rather tiresome with other doves in the nesting

season, but I have only had experience with two specimens. It

is a very beautiful bird however, and well worth keeping. In

size it is rather larger than a Barbary. My pair of crested

pigeons had at one time a perfect mania for sitting—and sitting

well—on other doves’ eggs. Nor were they content with one

nest, but each took a separate one. At last I took them away,

and gave them a little aviary to themselves, and here they

brought up several young ones. The Crested Pigeon has a sort

of barking coo, like “• whuff, whuff,” and when angry they make a

snapping noise (rather like an owl) with their beaks.


( To be continued.J



BIRD NOTES FROM THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.


It will be remembered that a series of notes on the

additions to the Zoological Society’s collection appeared in

Volume VI. of this journal, and it is proposed now to give a list

of the rarer and more interesting species which have been

received at the Gardens since August, 1900 (the date of the

last contribution to our pages, on this subject).


1900.


Sep. 21 1 Black-throated Ouzel, Turdns atriglilaris, Ternm. British India.


,, 2 Tickell's Ouzels, Turdus unicolor (Tickell). ,, ,,


,, 1 Spotted-wing, Psaroglossa spiloptera (Vigors). ,, ,,


,, 1 Slatv-headed Scimitar Babbler, Pomatorhinus


schisticeps, Hodgs. ,, ,,


,, 1 Rufous-chinned Laughing-Thrush, Ianthocincla


riifignlaris, Gould. ,, ,,


,, 2 Westerii Yellow-winged Laughing-Thrushes,


Trochatopterum nigrimentum. Hodgs. ,, ,,



