THE LIVING WORLD. 
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is also common to Australia, 
It spends the greater part of 
MANED DOVE. 
The Wonga Dove (Leucosarcia piccitci) 
where, in certain regions, it is quite plentiful, 
its time on the ground, picking up insects, 
seeds and small gravel. In rising from the 
ground, the wings vibrate with such rapidity 
as to produce a whirring noise very pheasant¬ 
like. 
The Nicobar, or Maned Dove ( Calcenus 
Nicobarica) , is a native of Java, Sumatra, and 
neighboring islands, and is a most beautiful 
bird. It is peculiar in being clothed with 
resplendent feathers of bright green, bronze, 
and steel blue, which, instead of lying close to 
the body, project loosely, giving it a tousled 
appearance. 
The Crowned Dove (. Megapelia coronata ) 
is, in some respects, the most magnificent species of the genera, being large 
in size, with splendid plumage, and a royal crest 
of filamentous feathers that radiate most grace¬ 
fully from the base of the bill to the back of the 
crown. 
The Rock Dove ( Columba livid) is widely dis¬ 
tributed in the north temperate zone, from England 
to Japan. It affects rocks rather than trees, from 
which fact the name has been given. It is easily 
domesticated, and makes a very agreeable pet, 
though if encouraged by the building of cotes it 
multiplies so rapidly as to become a nuisance. The 
color is gray, with hues of purple and green. 
The Ring ( Columba palumbus ) and Stock 
crowned dove. Dove (C. cenas) are common domestic species 
of Europe. The former may be recognized by the ring of white feathers 
about the neck. The latter is of a dull 
hue, distinguished only by its nesting 
habits, which are peculiar. It builds in 
hollow stumps, or even takes quarters 
in a deserted rabbit burrow, and is con¬ 
tent with only a few sticks in rather 
aimless arrangement, for the nest seems 
to have no comfort about it. 
The Parrot Dove ( Phalacroteron 
Abyssinica ), as the name implies, is a 
native of Abyssinia, though it is also 
found in other countries of northeast 
Africa. Except for the color, it bears 
a close resemblance to the African ring dove and rock dove. 
green parrot, being distinguished from . 
the parrot family by the dove characteristic, viz.: a fleshy protuberance at the 
base of the bill. 
