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p. 17. COLUMBIDAE (2), WOOD-PIGEONS, Passenger- 
Pigeon, Rock-Dove, 119 sp.— 41(40) A., 25(17)0., 
18(10)P., 19(17)E., 4(0)Nc., 24(20)N1. 
F. 18. PERISTERIDAE (15), GROUND-PIGEONS, Turtle- 
Doves, 198 sp.— 61 (55) A., 21(8)0., 10(1)P., 
32(30)E., 10(0)Nc., 86(76)N1. 
1 12Alndian Turtle-Dove, Ttirtur ferrago, Siberia to Cey- 
6 Ion, introduced A. Mig. c. gardens, cities 13 
Back brown; head gray; broad patch side and back of 
neck black spotted white; breast cinnamon; centre tail 
feathers blackish, rest tipped white; f,, sim. Seeds. \ 
3 13 Ground Dove (Peaceful), Doo-doo, Geopelia placida, A. y)^ 
5 (interior). Stat. r. grassy 8.7 . ? 
Upper ashy-brown, barred black; chest, hind-neck^ gray — ^^'^ 
with black lines; abdomen fawn; side tail feathers, 
tipped white; f., sim. Small seeds. ''Doo-doo.''^ C^l'^^ 
14*Diamond Dove (Little, Turtle), G. cuneata, A. (in- Z^"'" t 
terior). Stat. r. grass 8.2 
Upper light-brown; crown gray; under light-gray; white 
spots on wing; side tail tipped white; eye red; f., 
neck, chest pale brown. Seeds. 
1 15 Eittle Green Pigeon, Ghalcophaps chrysochlora, Mol., 
6 N. Heb., N. Cal., Lord Howe Is., A. exc. S.A., W.A. 
Melancholy bellowing note. v.r. dense scrubs 9.5 
Rich brown; head, short tail darker; wings much green; 
shoulder white; f., less brilliant. Fallen berries. 
2 16*Bronzewing Pigeon (Scrub), Phaps chalcoptera, A., T. 
2 Nom. c. open, forest 13.5 
Upper brown marked lighter; cap whitish; line below eye, 
throat white; breast, back of head vinous; bronze 
wing; legs red; f., head gray. Seeds, fruits. 
the scrubby western end of Kangaroo Island, where foxes are 
unknown, will prove a suitable sanctuary for them. These 
birds, which rank among Nature's wonders, are almost confined 
to the Australian region. One is found in Borneo and the Philip- 
pines, while a second is confined to the distant Nicobar Islands. 
Twenty-six live in Australia and its neighboring islands. One 
of these has spread across Wallace's line to the small Kangean 
Island, near Java. The Stubble Quail, a member of the Pheasant 
family, is nearly identical with the British Quail. Mathews and 
Campbell make the King Quail a sub-species of the Chinese Quail. 
Quail are favorite sporting birds, but when one considers 
that they are worth about 9d. each as table or game birds, and that 
sportsmen found at Birregurra, that the crops of Quail were 
full of crickets, and at Kerang the Quail contained numbers of a 
species of weevil, it is doubtful if it is wise policy to shoot this 
insect-eating bird. Although it may be worth a few pence as 
a table bird, it is worth many shillings as a pest destroyer. 
Order III. comprises the 26 Bustard Quail and the peculiar 
Australian Plain Wanderer. Only the last species of this 
