All right.i reserved]. 
[October, 1910 
BIRD NOTES: 
THE 
JOURNAL OF THE FOREIGN BIRD CLUB. 
Bird Life Through the Camera. 
By H. WlLLPORD. 
(Coiitiiiued from pane 254). 
Doves have always been some of my first favourites, 
right from the days when I Icept an odd cock Turtle Dove'. 
There is, moreover, such a variety of contour, size, and colour- 
ation, that even the most blase bird-l\:eeper can have abund- 
ant variety, add to this a readiness to nest in captivity and I 
am sure I have given ample evidence to secure my favourites 
a place in my readers' aviaries. Again, though if too many 
species be kept together in a limited space a great deal of 
bickerhig will go on among themselves, they will neither harm 
nor interfere with the smallest Waxbill inhabiting their en- 
closure—yet again, they are very accommodating as regards 
their diet, the menu of any collection of hard and soft bills 
amply suffices for their modest requirements; in fact, the seed- 
eating species subsist mostly on white millet, canary seed and 
millet sprays, with green food and rock salt, though they also 
pick over the larger seeds supplied for the various species of 
Cardinals, etc. For soft and chaste colouration the JDove 
Tribe is without a rival 
The Diamond Dove (Geopelia cimeata). This beau- 
tiful and charming Australian species is unrivalled for inclusion 
in a small aviary. Their miniature size, beautiful and soft 
colouration, vivacity, and interesting and entertaining courting 
displays make them altogether delightful inmates of the garden 
aviary , 
Their beauty is clearly shown in the photo (No. 5) 
reproduced herewith, which also aptly illustrates the exceed- 
ingly ornamctal character and useful cover provided by hops in 
the garden aviary, once they have become established. 
