. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. 580 THE TUETLE-DOVE. rljSklr i. â¢j'ftff' ijj: nmlpcdcl ummu'v, and tl,cn, as if got lino, dnrt of! wit], an avrnwv ni,w Missives written on very thin paper and rolled u]. secnred o t e i ir Pin ^ ' a way that hey will not he .shaken oft' hy the tiap'ping of the w . s o encu > , T,'' in Its ; and heforo tlie introduction of t'heElectric eWmpl Uiis ml i- correspondence was greatly in use, mostly in political or sporting circfes ' '' The splendid Top-
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. 580 THE TUETLE-DOVE. rljSklr i. â¢j'ftff' ijj: nmlpcdcl ummu'v, and tl,cn, as if got lino, dnrt of! wit], an avrnwv ni,w Missives written on very thin paper and rolled u]. secnred o t e i ir Pin ^ ' a way that hey will not he .shaken oft' hy the tiap'ping of the w . s o encu > , T,'' in Its ; and heforo tlie introduction of t'heElectric eWmpl Uiis ml i- correspondence was greatly in use, mostly in political or sporting circfes ' '' The splendid Top-Knot Pioeon is one of the handsomest of tlie trihe and in ., collection of birds be one of the most conspicuous species ""^' It IS a native of Southern and Eastern Australia, and. aoeordin" to m Gould i. m. phmtifuUy found in the bushes of the Illawarra and Hunter T le powerfulT? and genera structure i^oint it out as an arboreal bird, and it is so exclusively Zn' h' trees that it will not even perch among the underwood, but must nee s lake !« i I ' .ofi/tSXn-iiii^ns perched upon a k-ancli. When a tlock of Top-Knot riceons directs its flk ht tnu ' ree, the ruslung sound ctf ^yii^g. can be heard at a eons rmb Idila ce a iV^hr^^^^ birds perch simultaneously upon the boughs, beinling them down wSh thS w S 0 e""f'I '"â 'â¢"'"' '"^^ '^''^^'''S thoir beautiful crests, they present a v y ai hnato =dinfSgra:X^-^t?tSnn^^ The food of this bird consists mostly of , and it is very fond of the wil<l flâ . , he berries o the cabbage palm Its thVoat is wondertully cl^aU'^i' and'Mr 1 J.: of ilu^nllt ""^ ^^f ^"''T'''''''^ T^ ^''P ""^ *^'' ''^^'^''' t^'SPtlior with the hackle-like feath,,, of the tnroat and Ijeast, are silver gu'v, showing the darker hues on the breast 0, I back of the head the crest is of a ruddy rust colour. From the eye to the back o Z"! ;'l â '' '''â ''â¢'' '^'
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