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be noted here that the Collared Turtle-dove, T. 

 risoriiis, the Eastern species so commonly seen in 

 confinement in England, sometimes escapes and 

 reverts to the trees to build. Some years ago 1 

 saw the nest of one of these birds in the depths of a 

 wood far removed from any human dwelling. The 

 structure itself was of the frailest kind, consisting 

 of a few stout twigs lined with leaves, and appeared 

 barely sufficient to support the increasing weight 

 of the nestlings. It rested on the horizontal branch 

 of an elm-sapling overgrown with honeysuckle, at 

 about seven or eight feet from the ground. 



The Collared Turtle-dove will live for many 

 years in captivity; records of twentv and thirty 

 being not uncommon. 



