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BRITISH BIRDS' NESTS. 



character, into which bits of dried sods had been 

 introduced, so that not even a ray of light could 

 find its way through. Old nests of one season are 

 sometimes repaired and used the following year. 



Eggs. Two. White and glossy, similar to those 

 of the Rock Dove, but larger. Average size about 

 1.65 by 1.25 in. 



Time.' March, April, May, June, and July. 

 However, nests have been found in nearly every 

 month of the year. 



Remarks. Resident. Notes : a soft ku, ku, ku-ku 

 ku ku ku ku-ku ku ku ku ku-ku kuk. Local and 

 other names : Cushat, Wood Pigeon, Quest, Cushie 

 Doo, Ring Pigeon. Sits pretty closely when well 

 hidden, but lightly when in an exposed situation. 



DOVE, ROCK. 



(Cohimba livia.} 

 Order COLUMB^: ; Family COLUMBIA (PIGEONS). 



Description of Parent Birds. 

 Length about fourteen 

 inches. Bill of medium 

 length, nearly straight, and 

 brown tinged with red. Irides 

 light reddish - orange. Head 

 and neck dark bluish-grey, 

 glossed with a purpfy-red and 

 green sheen on the latter ; 

 back and wing-coverts light 

 pearl-grey ; greater coverts 

 and secondaries marked with 

 black bars ; quills bluish-grey, 

 darkish towards the tips ; rump white ; tail-coverts 

 bluish-grey ; quills bluish-grey with a darker bar 



ROCK DOVE'S NEST AND 

 EGGS. 



