178 GARDEN AND AVIARY BIRDS. 



Like other Doves of this type, it breeds at all times of 

 the year. It seems to be a very quarrelsome bird, and 

 two may often be seen having a vigorous set-to, spring- 

 ing up and buffeting each other in the air. Its note is 

 in three syllables, but rather hard to describe. Like 

 other Doves, this species revels in heat ; I have seen them 

 at mid-day in May sunning themselves on the grass ! 



THE LITTLE BROWN DOVE (Turtur cambayensis). This 

 pretty little Dove resembles the Ring-dove in form, 

 but is only about ten inches long, and very dainty and 

 graceful in appearance. Its general colour is brown, 

 tinged with pink on the head, neck, and breast ; the 

 belly is white, and there are the usual white tips to the 

 side tail-feathers. The neck is mottled with black in a 

 very characteristic manner. 



This Dove is common throughout the Indian Penin- 

 sula from the base of the Himalayas, and extends west 

 to Arabia. But it is not found in Lower Bengal or in 

 Ceylon, and is rare on the Malabar Coast. It is a very 

 tame bird, coming freely into gardens, and has a parti- 

 cularly pretty soft laughing coo. 



THE BRONZE-WING DOVE (Chalcophaps indica), called 

 Ram ghughu or Raj ghughu in Bengali, is a bird of some- 

 what different type from the Turtle-doves, with a quite 

 short tail, and standing higher on its legs than Pigeons 

 generally somewhat like a Partridge, in fact. 



In colour the male is pinkish-chocolate with metallic 

 bronze-green wings, a grey cap, and white forehead and 

 eyebrows ; the eyes are large and dark ; the bill bright 

 coral-red, and the feet dark crimson. 



