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Columba livia. (Domestic Pigeon.)
April 12, 1908.
Bought two, a male and a female from Mr. Bausch,
Cost $.25. Placed them in large aviary with Barbary
Turtle Doves and Mourning Doves. Nos. 26 and 27.
April 14, 1908.
This pair ousted a pair of my Barbary Turtle Doves from
a box they had chosen for a nest.
May 1, 1908.
I placed this pair of birds in the summer house as
they are too pugnacious to be allowed with doves.
May 31, 1908.
The pair in the summerhouse have one egg.
June 14, 1908.
Since May 31 the eggs have been broken by the birds.
They have, however, taken up a new and larger box which
I have placed in the summer house.
June 20, 1908.
This morning I removed two eggs from the nest
and placed two eggs of Columba fasciata in it. The
hen took kindly to them.