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the bird. Being- anxious to claim the credit and the whole 
of the reward which T liad promised, he asked the man for 
the Hawk, saying it belonged to a certain Sayad. The other 
nor, unnaturally refused to give it up, as the Shikari carefully 
concealed the fact tbat he had been deputed to search and' 
the news of my being in the neighbourhood had not reached 
the hamlet. Then instead of saying " It is the Police Captain 
Sahib's pioperty and he told me to look for it," the Shikari 
hastened to headquarters, to tell me how the captor had re- 
fused to give up my property, although warned who the 
ownei' was. My Falconer went off at once with a constable 
to find that the bird had been lost again, for the captor 
had tried to fly it at a Partridge and being totally ignorant 
of thf! art, had made a mess of things. 
Needless to say, that Shikari has heard my full and 
true opinion of him, and he is now searching with an energy 
that could scarce be bettered, so there are still hopes of 
recovering the stray. But still, even if the above is the 
oidy tlight my Peregi-ine is fated to give me, two months of 
training have been well repaid by the excitement of that head- 
long ride, 
♦ 
Breeding the Plumed Ground Dove, 
(Lophophaps plumifera) . 
By Lord Poltimorb. 
This pair of charming Doves have been in one of my 
aviaries for the last three years, and only last duly succeeded 
in rearing their first family, though they have had many an 
attempt. 
The first year I had them (1911) they laid two light 
creamy white eggs, but both were clear. 
In 1912 they laid in all 10 eggs, but each time they 
were disturbed by other birds in the aviary. 
The nest is placed on the ground, on more than one 
occasion just inside the door leading into the aviary, merely 
a slight depression of the ground and not protected in any 
way. 
In 1913, they laid in May and June, but on each oc- 
casion they were interrupted while incubating, but towards 
