Bird Notes: Aviary birds of the San Francisco Bay Region, v4289
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Streptopelia risoria. (Barbary Turtle Dove.) July 27, 1908. This morning I found a very young nestling dead on the ground quite a ways from the post on which the nest is placed. Aug. 2, 1908. This morning I found another very young nestling on the ground. It had apparently been dead two or three days. On looking into the nest on the post I found two eggs on which (No. 29) was sitting. She and her mate (No. 22) seem to have control of this nest now, having driven (Nos. 30 and 31) from it. Perhaps also they knocked the young out. The two males, 22 and 30, have been doing considerable fighting re- cently, 22 having been victor. Aug. 5, 1908. Nos. 30 and 31 have one egg in the box on the east side of the chicken house. Aug. 8, 1908. At noon to-day the two male Streptopelia risoria, the male Columba livia, and the male Zenaidura caro- meniis were each respectively on their nests having re- lieved the females. I found another youngster on the ground, so apparently there were three hatched.