88 INDIAN PIGEONS AND DOVES 
his cage. But when a stray dog happens to come close to him the 
bird recognises the difference at once, and begins fluttering and dashing 
himself against the bars of his cage.” 
The flight of this bird is similar to that of Sphenocercus apicaudus, 
direct and about as swift, but it is a less difficult bird to shoot than 
any of its smaller cousins in that it is not nearly so disconcerting in its 
manner of flight. Indeed, when feeding on trees scattered about in 
forest and not frightened by previous firing, it is an easy bird to knock 
over as it leisurely flaps its way from one tree to another. 
