CHAPTER LIV. 



or 



I HIS is another charming species that has done fairly 

 well in my possession, although it has not bred 

 in the aviary in which I had placed it, very comfort- 

 ably, too, as I imagined. Other amateurs, however, 

 have been more fortunate in this respect, and have had 

 individuals that nested and fully reared their young, 

 and perhaps if I had given mine a more extended trial 

 I might have been equally successful, but my Barred 

 Doves, like many more of my birds, had to make 

 room for fresh arrivals. I did not therefore have an 

 opportunity of fully testing their capabilities in the 

 matter of nesting; though I suspect that the Doves I 

 had were all males, for they nested, that is built nests, 

 but I never found any eggs, nor could I detect the 

 slightest difference of marking on the plumage. 



The Barred, Zebra, or Striated Dove is larger than the 

 Harlequin, but his tail is much shorter than that of the 

 latter species, so that although really of stouter build he 

 looks less than the latter, but tested by weight the 



