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or aviary or on a shelf, will serve for a nest, and a 

 handful of hay or fibre to line it with will be gratefully 

 accepted by* the birds. 



Paired with one of the ordinary variety, the young 

 that result will be perfectly fruitful and will partake of 

 the characteristics of both parents ; consequently they 

 have a faded washed-out appearance that is the reverse 

 of attractive, so that the cross is not one to be recom- 

 mended. It is curious that the conspicuously darker 

 colour of the Cambayan Dove was able to conquer 

 the pallor of the Chinese, for their mongrel offspring 

 were very little, if at all, lighter than their father. 



These White Doves must not be exposed to cold, 

 which soon causes their death from congestion of the 

 liver, and if they are kept in an unheated room during 

 the. winter the cage they inhabit should be at least 

 partially covered during the night. The best food is 

 Canary-seed and millet with a little small corn or dari 

 now and then. Coarse grit, salt and plenty of water 

 are indispensable. 



The scientific name is Turtur risorius var. albus. 



