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writing later (A.M., 1929, 27, and 1931, 193) says that they

have never stopped since, and that now he has a dozen or

more. In the list in Aviculture (U.S.A.), January , 1932,

their breeding in the States by Greenshields is recorded

under the name tusalia.


p. 104. Add: 451. i, Socorro Mourning Dove (Zenaidura


graysoni, (Lawr.)). First breeder Giffard in California about

1924 ; in 1925 he sent some of them to Mme Lecallier in

France and H. Bright in England, who both bred them

over here. See A.M., 1926, 223, and UOiseau , 1926, 326 ;

1929, 23.


p. 105. 454. Bronze-necked Dove. Add: In France they were

bred by Fellay in 1922 (L’Oiseau, 1924, 205), and later

Decoux was most successful, rearing nine young in 1926.


p. 105. 456. White-winged Dove for “ leucoptera (L.) ” read


“ asiatica (L.) **.


p. 106. 459. Madagascar Turtle-dove. Add: , but M. Decoux

tells me that this Dove had been previously bred in Africa

by Dr. Yinsa about 1886, and that the same breeder also

bred S. rostrata and recorded the event in Bull., 1887, 648.


p. 233. 461. Barbary Dove, c, Barbary x Domestic Pigeon.


Add : Whitley is very doubtful whether this cross has ever

been obtained this way, for he has paired up many, but

always without result. He once, however, got a success

the other way ; see No. 449 above. He has also at Paignton

a few dark brown Barbary Doves, which have never bred

though he has had them for years ; he presumes they are

hybrid “ Barbaries ” of sorts though he has no idea what

the other parent (presumably the father) was. He also

has another lot of much lighter brown “ Barbaries ”, which

do breed regularly, but always produce brown or normally

coloured young with an occasional White, never any inter¬

mediate forms. How these originated he does not know,

p. 234. 473. b, Necklace x Senegal Dove. Add: Shore-Baily,

writing in 1926, says that he has bred this cross almost

regularly since 1915 and that the hybrids breed regularly



