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very frequently imported, and is consequently dear. 

 It is a native of Northern Australia, and, like the 

 preceding species, may be fed on any kind of small 

 corn : those I had were especially fond of the round 

 yellow maize. 



THE BRONZE-SPOTTED DOVE, Chalcopelia chalco- 

 spilos (illustrated at Fig. 6), is a pretty, plump little 

 thing, about the size of a quail. It is a native of 

 Western Africa, and has occasionally bred in the 



FIG. 6. THE BRONZF-SPOTTED DOVE. 



aviary. Some that I had nested, but I found no eggs, 

 and suspect the birds were all cocks, as the sexes 

 are alike in outward appearance. Feed on white millet 

 and canary-seed. 



THE TAMBOURINE PIGEON, Tympanistria bicolor 

 (illustrated at Fig. 7), is another little African Dove 

 that derives its name from the peculiar note it utters, 

 which is thought by some to resemble the sound made 

 by tapping with the point of the finger on a tambourine, 



