KED PLUMED PIGEON. 
Breeding season. March (North) ; May (Carter) ; July to September (Ramsay) ; October 
(Carter). Two broods are reared (Carter), 
The following note is by T. F. Gregory,* who procured the type of this 
species : “I found this species in large numbers on the Gascoigne River. It 
almost invariably frequents rocky ground near water, and in such situations 
I have occasionally seen more than five hundred come down to drink in less 
than half-an-hour. On the wing it exactly resembles the common Partridge, 
but is not quite so plump in the body, and does not ever appear to fly in 
coveys.” 
Mr. Tom Carter writes : “ These birds are found throughout the North- 
west of Australia, wherever rocky ground occurs in the vicinity of water. 
They are extremely tame when coming to drink, approaching fearlessly to 
within a few feet of one, and perch about on the great boulders, with their crests 
erect. The male (apparently) struts about, cooing lustily. In habits they 
much resemble Partridges, going about in small flocks of four or six, and rising 
with a sudden loud whirr.” 
The bird figured and described is a male, procured on the Coongan River, 
North-western Australia, on July 8th, 1908, by Mr. F. Lawson Whitlock, and 
was given to me by Mr. H. L. White, of Scone, New South Wales. 
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* Gould’s Hand. B. Auslr., II., p. 137 (1865). 
