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ROCK-DOVE. 
The ledge on which their cradle was placed proved to he in an exceedingly filthy condition, Rock-Doves 
evidently disregarding all sanitary precautions. 
Dried stalks of heather, with a few of the finer twigs and fibres of roots, had been used in the construction 
of the nest, which, after the manner of the surroundings, was smeared with dirt and highly odoriferous. 
The beaks of the juveniles were of a dull livid lead-tint, with small white knobs showing at the base; 
the legs and feet a livid flesh-tint. The plumage, including the markings on the wings, resembled that 
of the adults, but of course without the gloss on the feathers and the bright metallic tints, the white 
rump being especially conspicuous. A quantity of yellow hairy bristles or down showed among the 
seanty feathers on the head, neck, and throat, the latter being almost naked. 
