TURTLE DOVE. 135 



LOCATION. They are natives of the East In- 

 dies and China, whence they are brought to 

 America. 



TURTLE DOVE. 



This bird is also brought here and kept in 

 cages Although not so common as the Ring- 

 Dove, it is more prolific in a domestic state ; and 

 it is said it will pair with the Collared Turtle, 

 and the produce prove more fruitful than the last 

 mentioned bird alone. * The cooing of the male 

 of this bird has less variety than the Ring-Dove, 

 being a prolonged note, but his gestures before 

 the female are about the same. We have a spe- 

 cies of this bird in the United States, allied to 

 this, the Asiatic species, (the Columba Carolinen- 

 sis,) but I am not aware of any of them having 

 been kept in cages. 



FOOD, and size of cage the same as the Ring- 

 Dove. 



CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SEXES. The male of 

 this bird has the forehead white, the upper parts 



* Bechstein. 



