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in vast multitudes during the cold season, and this year (1871), 
wp to the first week in April, a whole month later than is men- 
tioned by Dr. Jerdon. 
Columba intermedia. The blue rock-pigeon. 
Turtur Cambayensis. The little brown dove. Very abundant 
and tame, building its nest sometimes on the verandah within 
reach of the hand. 
Turtur Suratensis. The Spotted Dove. Occasional. Very 
beautiful. ; 
Turtur risoria. The common ring-dove. Very abundant. 
This is a very widely distributed species. It is one of the three 
common doves of Palestine, and is found in Asia Minor, and even 
in European Turkey and Northern Africa. It has also been intro- 
duced into New Zealand.* 
Ortygornis Ponticeianra. The gray partridge. Often seen in 
small companies about the hedges. ? 
Anthropoides virgo. The demoiselle crane. A very common 
and beautiful sight in the cold season is a flock of these magnificent 
birds flying overhead. They are generally in a straight or wedge- 
shaped line, and sometimes form a double line. They usually num- 
ber from twenty-five to a hundred in a flock, but they sometimes 
appear in astonishing numbers. Occasionally, too, they rise to an 
immense height, so as hardly to be visible, or even to disappear 
behind the clouds. During the day they sit in the sandy beds of 
rivers, but they are very shy and difficult to approach. 
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edited “ Scientific Intelligence” which the Messrs. Harper have 
been Publishing of late in their Weekly and Monthly has been put 
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hed acco alling after some weeks of 
dry weather 
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"a, pa dently: to ai pack. I watched them for some time = were Kaoa tha thigh 
of the body under the wing. ` 
Record of Science and Industry for 1871. Edited by SPENCER F. BATIP. 
assistance of eminent men of science. New York; Harper and Bros. 1872. 
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