. Il libro degli uccelli di Cassell , nge e la dimora incautamente strutturata, che non merita di essere chiamata nido, non essendo nient'altro che un mero platform di ramoscelli, così liberamente messi insieme che la covata è distintamente visibile attraverso gli interstizi. La forcella di un ramo è solitamente scelta come luogo di riposo per il nido. Le uova, due in numero, sono uccelli LUNGHI E GALLINACEI. 145 grezza e bianco lucido; entrambe le estremità sono di uguale larghezza. Il lavoro di incubazione è condiviso da entrambi i genitori; il padre, in tali cori come abbiamo osservato, prendendo il suo posto al più tenebroso da circa nove o dieci

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. Cassell's book of birds . nge and carelessly con-structed abode, which scarcely deserves to be called a nest, being nothing more than a mere platformof twigs, so loosely put together that the brood is distinctly visible through the interstices. The forkof a branch is usually selected as a resting-place for the nest. The eggs, two in number, are long, GALLINACEOUS BIRDS. 145 rough-shelled, and of a glossy white ; both ends are of equal breadth. The work of incubation isshared by both parents; the father, in such broods as we have observed, taking his place upon thenest from about nine or ten in the morning till three or four in the afternoon. When first hatchedthe young are fed with pulp from the crops of the adult birds, and, when older with softened seeds.When strong enough to go forth into the world, each parent takes care of a fledgling, and conducts itinto the fields to seek for food on its own account. Towards man these birds exhibit much timidit)^, and if disturbed whilst brooding often desert their eggs.. THE RING-DOVE, OR WOOD PIGEON [Palumbus torijuatlis). The Ring-dove is easily tamed, but ver} rarely breeds in captivity ; and even when reared fromthe nest, if set at liberty, it at once seeks its native woods, and never voluntarily returns. In all ages of the world this Dove has been regarded witli especial favour, and, as a sacredsymbol, is in some countries regarded with particular reverence. The Himalayan Cushat differs from the European by the neck-patch being clayey butt insteadof white, and much contracted in size, also in the less extent of the white border to the primaries.Mr. Blyth also notices that whilst in European birds the green gloss prevails above the neck-patch, and amethystine below, the reverse is the case in the Asiatic race. This Wood Pigeon has only beenfound in the North-western Himalayas, near Simla, and in the Alpine Punjaub. It visits die saltrange and the plains of the Punjaub during winter.VOL. HI.—gS 146 cassells book of bird

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