Breeding of fhe "Red Groimd Dove. 
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" in tho lowland woods. In the summor it is much less frequently 
" seen, and then only in the deep woodR. 
" In some districts it is very abundant, though Dr. Cham- 
" berlain intimates that iti has become scarce in the neighbourhood 
" of Kingiston 
It is readily kept in a cag'e with other 
" Dove,' and fed with maize. 
" In the short Out of Paradise, where the sweet-w:oods 
"abound, the Partridge is also numerous. In March and April 
" 'when these berries are ripe, tlieir stomachs are filled with them. 
" Here at the same season, their cooing resounds, which is simply a 
" verj sad moan, usually uttered on the ground ; but on one occa- 
" sion we heard it from the limb of a cotton tree at Cave, on 
" which the bird was sitting with its head drawn in wa.s, shot 
" ir the very act. ....... 
.... One day in June I went down with a 
" young friend into a wooded valley at Content, to look at a 
" Partridgie's nest. As we crept cautiously towards the spot,, 
" the male bird flew fiom it. I was surprised at its rudences ; 
" It was nothing but half-a-dozen decayed lea^•es laid one on an- 
" other, and on two or three dried twigS', but from the- s^i.ting" 
" of the bird it had acquired a slig'ht hollowness, about as much 
"as tha^ of a skimmer. It was placed at the top (slightly 
" sunk among the leaves) of a small bush, not more than three 
" feet, high, whose glossy foliage and small white blossoms re- 
" minded me of a myrtle. There were two young, recently 
"hatched; calh^w and peculiarly helpless^ their eyes closed, their 
"bills large and misshapen — they bore little resemblance to birds." 
" On another occasion I saw the male shot whilst isit- 
" ting, the nest was then placed on a slender bush, about five 
fee'j from the ground. There were but two eggs of a very 
"pale colour; sometimes, however, they are considerably darker." 
(" Birds of Jamaica.") 
Since the above account was written, this species 
has become isadly depleted in numbers in Jamaica, and owing to 
the introduction of the Mongoose, it is feared that it will be 
eventually exterminated in that island, as is the case with its 
beautiful congener, the Mountain Witch {Geotrygon sylva- 
tica). The Eed Ground Dove has however, a fairly wide 
range on the mainland. 
Mr. Sutcliffe on his visit to the West Indies in 1909, 
secured altogether nine specimens, which had been bred in 
the aviaries of our member, Mr. McKenzie, at Kingston. Ar- 
riving in England, as these birds did, in mid -winter, I thought- 
it policy to keep them fairly warm, until the arrival of more 
