LITTLE DOVE. 
Mr. Tom Carter says this species is common about the Gascoyne district, 
in North-west Australia, and northwards. Great numbers congregate round 
the water-holes in the summer months. The nest is usually placed in a bush 
three or four feet from the ground. 
Of the birds figured and described the male was collected by Mr. F. Lawson 
Whitlock at Poondon Soak, in North-west Australia, and was given to me by 
Mr. H. L. White* of Scone, and the female by Mr. J. P. Rogers at Parrj^’s 
Creek. 
* Mr. White also gave me the G. placida figured in the background on Plate 32. 
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