6c) 
Field Xotcs I rum MashoiiaUnKl . 
(Jne hird I do iiol ihink 1 liaxc mentioned is, I should 
iniai^ine, a si)ecies of (ireenhncli. Its plnma.^e is l)ri.i;ht 
emerald-green, unrelieved by any other colour except on the 
tips of the wings, which are dark olive-green, and the vent very 
nearly yellow; beak, legs and feet flesh-colour. It is very 
partial to sunflower seed, which it cracks with its very powerfttl 
beak. They are very active birds and clind) all over the sim- 
flower heads for the rii)e seeds, which they crack with great 
rapidity. 
l'.\LM UovK : ( )ne day one of the " 1;)oys "' brought me 
in a l)aby Palm Dove ('I'ttrtur scnci^alciisis) all whispering 
squeaks and blue porcupine (piills, so liideous, but a \'ery attract- 
ive little devil nevertheless. 1 had a restless seven nights, 
feeding it every two hours with chewed bread and mealies 
(Indian corn) soaked in milk. Luckily 1 had a supj^ly of canary 
seed, and with that and rice it was successfully reared, and now 
resides, also a Black-shouldered Kite, at the London Zoo. 
The wild Barbary i )oves are, I think, the commonest 
birds of all. They are always the fu-st birds at daybreak to 
herald a new day, in tact ,they "coo" most of the night, whether 
it l)e moonlight or not, and one wonders when they sleep. 
They are very odd birds temperamentally these Barbary Doves, 
one ])air (out of fifteen birds which were caught fully adult) 
feeding out of my hands on mealies twenty-four hours after 
they were caught. This pair of birds are now safely lodged at 
the London Zoo. The others, caught at same time, were so 
wild that 1 gave them their liberty again. i'liey are most 
attractive birds in their soft colouring, with tlieir pinkisli breasts 
and h'rench ( Irey body, wings and tail; under side of tail white 
tipped with black; broad neck-band black, edged with white; 
beak horn-colour: legs dusky red (coral-red in young birds, and 
also adults directly after the moult); eyes brown with l)lack 
pupil. They are decidedly handsome birds. The young, 
unlike the domestic Barbary do\e, have the black collar when 
they leave the nest.* 
* A young domeslic r);irl)arv Dove K'ft llu' nest in jnl\ kjjo in my ;ivi;ir\-, 
and was in possession of the black ring when it did sc.— Ed. 
