THE BIODIVERSITY Conservation Center-Negros Forests and Ecological Foundation Inc. has new babies--two Bleeding Heart pigeons successfully hatched in captivity.

Hatched by natural incubation Oct. 20 and 22, the squabs are healthy and doing fine, pronounced Dr. Ed Delima, BCC-NFEFI curator.

''Probably, this would be a first in the Philippines--to produce such species in captivity--although the Bleeding Heart Pigeon (Gallicoluma luzonica) has been successfully captive bred in Australia,'' Delima said.

In Australia, the incubation period for the endangered Bleeding Heart pigeon was observed and recorded to be 17 days. AT the BCC-NFEFI, it was only 14 days.

Only the female incubated the two eggs, but both parents helped brood for 14 days.

The adult pigeons were donated to the center just last Aug. 24 by a Bacoleño named Boy Suarez, who bought the birds at Cartimar Market in Pasay City three years ago.

After a year under Suarez's care, the female laid an egg but it never incubated. Early this year, one of the birds escaped from its cage but was recaptured a week later.

This prompted Suarez to donate the birds to the BCC-NFEFI for ''proper husbandry and captive breeding management,'' Delima said.

The female had previously laid an egg on Sept. 29 inside its new cage at the center but was soaked wet when it rained overnight.

A nest was then built inside the sheltered quarter of the cage. Then came the two eggs, on Oct. 7 and 9, which hatched 14 days after they were laid.

Having two Bleeding Heart pigeons hatched in captivity is another feather in the cap for the center. The BCC-NFEFI has also successfully produced in captivity a rare spotted dear and Visayan warty pigs.

Warty pigs, Carla and Mimay, were born to Owas and Baskug on June 26. Three others were born to Kumpol and Baskug on Aug. 28.

The male progeny of Kumpol was named Lito in honor of Negros Occidental Gov. Rafael Coscolluela, while a female was given the name Narizza, for Dr. Narizza Lemoncito of the Provincial Veterinarian's Office, Delima said.