44 Bvrrdhip Hrfnilf.'i — Bnj/er.'^ Tlnuftr ArinriPf>, 1014. 
whicl. is much wi lor in the Pea Dovo. T notieerl >a rather 
curiou.; liabit Avith tliis species (Z. nmabilif), viz.: that when 
ap])rf,;iehe(l liy a stranjjei', it would steal nw.iy fioni the nest, 
mucii after the maimer of a Partrid.i^e, and when some dis- 
tance away would Ihittc]' along the giound as if its wings were 
broken. I have not seen this oeeur with any oliiei- of the 
CnluDihidac . The young doves when they left the no :t wei e 
facsimiles of their parents, but the young cock, now (December 
26) neaily four months old, has developed large patches of 
sooty-black on the wings, back and crown of head; which, gives 
it a very curious appearance. 
Of my other Doves, neither the Bleeding-liearts nor the 
I'holo hji \V . Slinrr Baili/. 
Interior of Aviary with T^^eavers' Xests. 
