igo Nesthig of D2varf Ground Dove, etc. 
make room for something new, something which we shall per- 
haps not like one-half as well ! But I always try to have some- 
thing to remember my old friends by : I keep my old note-books 
and, whenever a species nests with me, I endeavour to secure a 
photo. Two of these photos are reproduced herewith. 
The Dwarf Ground Dove {Ckamoepelia griseola) : This 
handsome and active little South American species was imported 
by our member, Mr. W. E. Harper, in 1907. It is very like the 
Talpacoti Dove but smaller. It runs exceedingly well, and from 
this characteristic and its habit of crouching, one may infer, that 
in its own country, it spends much of its time on the ground. 
Mr. Harper wrote me that he thought it would be an easy 
species to breed because the hen had already laid with him in 
a cage. However, it did not prove to be quite so simple a matter. 
Every species presents certain special difficulties, and these 
particular Doves seemed to have no knowledge of nest building. 
They laid eggs in the most unsuitable situations, such as on the 
ground, on hot-water pipes and in the seed tins. 
At length I induced them to make use of a nest which I 
constructed for them and then we had no further trouble. I gave 
a pair of young of this species to our Editor which I hear have 
laid several times but have not hatched ;* the old birds and one 
young one went to an aviculturist in the north of England and I 
have had no further news of them. 
The Cinnamon Sparrow {Passer cinnamonieus) : This 
species was brought home by our member, Capt. G. A. Perreau, 
and had not previously been imported. It is a jungle-sparrow, 
nesting in holes of trees, breeding in May and June and resident 
in the Himalayas. The adult male has a beautiful yellow breast 
which, singularly enough, it assumes in the winter; in the breed- 
ing season the deep yellow fades to pale chrome. The hen is 
not unlike a hen domestic sparrow but more handsome. This 
species went to nest as soon as ever I turned them into an out- 
door aviary, but the old birds quarrelled so desperately that I 
* One young bird was hatched, but was killed by the cold and wet of 
June when nearly due to leave the nest, being fully fledged. I attribute 
failures principally to the fact of the birds being brother and sister, six 
clutches in all have been laid. Ed. 
