Class II. 



TURTLE. 



297 



ounces : its length eig-htecn inches ; its breadtli 

 thirty. The head, back, and coverts of the wings 

 are of a bluifh afh color: the lower fide of the 

 neck and the breaft are of a purplifh red, daflied 

 with afh color : on the hind part of the neck is 

 a femicircular line of white ; above and beneath 

 that the feathers are glofTy, and of changeable 

 colors as oppofcd to the light. The belly is of a 

 dirty white : the greater quil feathers are dulky ; 

 the reft alh colored : underneath the baftard wing 

 is a white ftroke pointing downwards. 



La Turtrelle. Beht a<v. 309. 

 Turtur. Gefner a^. 316. 

 Turtur. Aldr. a-u. 11. 235. 

 Tortora. Olina, 34. 

 The Turtle-dove. Wil. orn. 



183. 

 Rail Jyn. a<v. 61. 



Wilde Turtel taube. Kram, 



359- 

 Turtel-Taube. Frifch, I. \\o^ 



Le Tourterelle. BriJ/hn a'u. 



I. 92, Scopolif No. 181. 



Br. Zool. 89. plate O. I. 



HiJ}. d'Oys. II. 545. 



103. TUR. 

 TLE. 



THIS fpecies is found in Buckinghamjhire^ 

 Gloucefterjhire^ Shropjhire^ and in the Weft of 

 England. They are very fhy and retired birds» 

 breeding in thick woods, generally of oak : we 

 believe that they refide in Buckingham/hire during 

 the breeding feafon, migrating into the other coun- 

 tries in autumn. 



The length is twelve inches and a half; its breadth 

 twenty-one : the weight four ounces. The irides 



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