PURPLE-BREASTED ERUIT-PIGEON. 
Nest. “ Substantial for a pigeon, slightly concave, and almost entirely composed of wire- 
like tendrils of climbing plants, placed upon a foundation of a few coarse twigs. 
Dimensions about 6 inches across by 2| inches in depth ” (Campbell), 
Eggs. “ Clutch, one ; elongated in form, considerably pointed towards the smaller end ; 
texture of shell somewhat granular ; surface slightly glossy and irregular. 
Dimensions in inches, 1.77 by 1.05 ” (Campbell). 
Breeding season. October to February (Ramsay). 
Very little has been written on the hfe-history of this species. Mr. Campbell* 
says : “ At certain seasons these birds are very fat, especially in June and 
July, when the figs are ripest.” 
“ Although we could hear the hoarse, deep call of ‘ wallock-a-woo ’ in 
the thick leafy bowers of the scrub, we rarely saw the birds, except in the 
tamarind trees, where they were detected by the sparkhng orange colour of the 
under parts of their wings, which they flapped in order to balance themselves 
while feasting upon the bunches of agreeable acid fruit.” 
The bird flgured and described is a male, and was collected on the Richmond 
River, New South Wales, in December, 1888. 
* Neats and Eggs Auatr. B., p. 666 (1901). 
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