424 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
deference to the authority given, that these must have heen 
escaped “Blue Rocks” from dovecotes in the islands. 
Zenaidura carolinensis, Carolina Dove.—Specimens are recorded 
in ‘The Naturalist in Bermuda.’ One was shot by Capt. Harvey on 
March 20th, 1850; and another was taken alive at Spanish Point 
on October 30th, 1854. I saw one at the Sand Hills on November 
5th, 1874. A small flock frequented the fields near Whale Bay all 
through the winter of 1874-5, and specimens were obtained, one 
by Lieut. Hussey, R.E., on February 11th, 1875. I hear from 
Lieut. Denison that two have been seen as late as June 20th last. 
Can they have remained to breed? These pretty birds are fond of 
associating with the next species, feeding with them on the newly- 
turned fields—conspicuous when the flock is disturbed by their 
larger size and long tails. Their flight is very strong and rapid. 
Chamepelia passerina, Ground Dove.—Resident and abundant. 
It nests twice, laying two white eggs, ‘85 in. by ‘64 in., in a small, 
flimsy construction of twigs and cedar bark, generally placed on 
the bushy horizontal bough of a cedar tree, from eight feet to 
twenty feet above the ground. The earliest eggs I saw were on 
April 4th, the latest on June 27th; but there are instances of its 
breeding even in the winter months. When disturbed from its 
nest it falls like a stone to the ground, where it commences to 
flutter about, as if in the agonies of death, to deceive the intruder. 
Should the latter be taken in by the good acting of the poor little 
bird, and attempt to seize her, she shuffles away along the ground 
just out of reach, further and further from her nest, and, when she 
Pinks her home is safe, away she dashes into the trees with a 
joyful “ whir-r-r-r” of relief. My terrier used to be completely 
“sold” in this way, and had many an exciting but fruitless 
chase after the little doves. The “coloured” people have an 
absurd superstition about this bird, and say that when it utters its 
“coo-oop” (this is an extraordinarily loud and so: orous call for so 
small a bird, and can be heard a long distance), it» scratching up 
the ground for somebody’s grave! The habits and mode of feeding 
of the species are too well known to need description. The male 
is larger, and has the sides of the neck and the under parts of a 
much warmer purplish red than the female. 
(To be concluded in the November number.) 
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