178 GARDEN AND AVIARY BIRDS. 
Like other Doves of this type, it breeds at all times of 
the year. It seems to be a very quarrelsome bird, and 
two may often be seen having a vigorous set-to, spring- 
ing up and buffeting each other in the air. Its note is 
in three syllables, but rather hard to describe. Like 
other Doves, this species revels in heat ; I have seen them 
at mid-day in May sunning themselves on the grass ! 
Tue Lirrte Brown Dove (Turtur cambayensis). This 
pretty little Dove resembles the Ring-dove in form, 
but is only about ten inches long, and very dainty and 
graceful in appearance. Its general colour is brown, 
tinged with pink on the head, neck, and breast; the 
belly is white, and there are the usual white tips to the 
side tail-feathers. The neck is mottled with black in a 
very characteristic manner. 
This Dove is common throughout the Indian Penin- 
sula from the base of the Himalayas, and extends west 
to Arabia. Butitis not found in Lower Bengal or in 
Ceylon, and is rare on the Malabar Coast. It is a very 
tame bird, coming freely into gardens, and has a parti- 
cularly pretty soft laughing coo. 
THE Bronze-wineG Dove (Chalcophaps indica), called 
Ram ghughu or Raj ghughu in Bengali, is a bird of some- 
what different type from the Turtle-doves, witha quite 
short tail, and standing higher on its legs than Pigeons 
generally—somewhat like a Partridge, in fact. 
In colour the male is pinkish-chocolate with metallic 
bronze-green wings, a grey cap, and white forehead and 
eyebrows ; the eyes are large and dark; the bill = 
coral-red, and the feet dark crimson. 
