Doves as a part of a Mixed Scries uj Hirds. 257 
overcrowded, the worst that usually happens is the wrecking of 
sonic dove's nest. 
In niy largest aviary, where 1 keep a very varied collec- 
tion, from a waxbill to a thrush, 1 have kept, during the past 
three years, without other mishap tlian the wrecking of two 
doves' nests, the following species : 
Indian ( ireen-winged J )ove {Cluilcupluips indica). 
\ inaceous Turtle J.)ove (Tiirtiir viiiaccus). 
European Turtle Dove (rurtur cummunis). 
Red Mountain Dove {(ieotryguii inuiitana). 
Aurita Dove {Zciiaida aiirita). 
'i"he last named is the most quarrelsome of the quintet. 
All, with the exception of the Vinaceous Turtle and the 
Aurita, have nested and successfully reared young. The 
animosity between these two species has been most pronounced, 
but it has mostly exhausted itself in tne males of the respective 
species chasing each other about and then virulently bashing 
each other with their wings; when hard pressed, one or the 
other dashes into a thick bush, and hostilities are for the time 
being suspended. It is when these wing-battles have taken 
place at the nest side that the nest has been wrecked and the 
eggs broken. It is to this cause that I attribute the failure 
to hatch out or rear young with these two species. These two 
species have insisted on forming their own frail nests amid the 
branches, and these require but little force to disintegrate and 
fall to the ground in a collection of separate twigs. The other 
species have formed their nests in the shallow boxes provided 
for the purpose, and even when a battle has been fought in 
the nest, only on rare occasions has an egg been broken. 
In another aviary, in tne past, 1 have kept, for several 
years on stretch, amid a mixed series of small and large passer- 
ine birds and a few parrakeets, the following species together : 
Diamond Dove {CeopcUa cuucata). 
Peaceful DoA-e ((/. placida). 
Indian (ireen-wing Dove (C halcu pJia ps indica). 
Dwarf Ciround Dove {CIuiDiacpclia griscola). 
Barbary Turtle Dove (I'lirUtr lisoriiis). 
Passerine I )o\'e (( lianuic pclia piisscrina). 
