12 BIRDS OF THE DISTRICT OF GEELONG 
SPOTTED-SHOULDERED DOVE 
Stictopeleia cuneata cuneata 
I RECORD this species (distinguishable, as its name 
indicates, by small round white spots on the wings) 
on the strength of a specimen which Mr. Mulder shot 
some years ago at Bambra. This can only have been 
a wanderer from the north, probably from Riverina ; 
it is amazing that these little weak-flighted doves 
should get so far from their homes, especially as they 
are not migrants in the true sense. 
BRONZE^WING PIGEON 
Phaps chalcoptera chalcoptera 
My first recollection of the Bronze-wing in the bush 
dates back to early boyhood ; the summer had come 
in suddenly that year, and the November day I had 
chosen for a walk to the You Yangs was one of the 
hottest before Christmas. Vaguely blue through the 
shimmering haze showed the lonely divided peak, 
and as I tramped northward my imagination was 
occupied with thoughts of bush-fires and deadly 
snakes lurking among the outcropping granite. But 
nothing untoward happened, only I got very tired 
with struggling through dense thickets of snow-mint 
to reach the isolated Kangaroo-acacia bushes where 
finches and blue-wrens were still nesting. 
By four o'clock I was glad to leave the hill, and 
