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Perhaps the following list of doves I have seen offered for

sale this year in Affiance may interest our readers.



La Colombe Passerine



.. Chamcepelia passerina.



,, a Masque de P'er



.. CEna capensis.



,, Diamant



.. Geopelia cuneata.



,, Tranquille ..



.. ,, placida.



,, Zebree..



,, striata.



,, Maillee



.. 1 'urtur senegalensis.



,, des Seychelles



.. Columba seychellensis.



,, Poignardee ..



Phlogaenas cruentata.



,, Turvert



Chalcophaps indica.



,, Lophotes



.. Ocyphaps lophotes.



,, Marquetee



Geophaps scripta.



,, Lumachelle ..



Phaps chalcoptera.



,, Grivelee



.. Leucosarcia picta.



,, des Neiges ..



.. Columba nivea.



,, des Nicobar ..



Calcenas nicobarica.



,, Zenaide tachetee



I (Which is, probably, one



,, Zelande tachetee



) and the same Dove).



I think I have seen la Colombe Pygmee f Columba ininuta)

offered once this year, too, but not being able to put my hand on

the advertisement just now, I do not affirm it.



THE BLACK CASSIQUE.


( Cassidix oryzivora .)


By Reginald Phielipps.


From time to time one meets with an attractive looking

bird which one would like to purchase ; but the thought that

the beguiling stranger may work havoc amongst the other

inmates of the aviary makes one pause. If an account of the

species can be found in any book, one reads it greedily ; but if

no such book be within one’s reach, or if the book utter an

erroneous or uncertain sound, serious consequences may ensue,

and grievous wrong may be inflicted, to say nothing of a possible

waste of a substantial sum of money.


On 26th February, 1898, I gave a heavy sum for a Black

Cassique, and introduced a viper into the bosom of my family,

just because there was not any friendly book to warn me. Since

that date, in the Aviculhiral Magazine, in the Feathered World, and

in Foreign Bird Keeping, there have appeared accounts of a

specimen which was in the possession of one of our members,

who had found it “very peaceful towards other birds.” The

following gruesome tale, however, will exemplify the truth of the

old saying that there are two sides to every question—even to



