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very distinct in colour, the cock being of a ruddy colour with 

 black wing quills and a clear ash-grey head and broad hind 

 black collar, while the hen is dun grey except for a collar of 

 black. The eyes of botli are very dark and full. The young 

 cocks resemble the female till they are quite a large size wheu 

 the ruddy feathers will be seen coming gradually. The Ruddy 

 Turtle nests readily, but the young are often forsaken just before 

 they can do for themselves. 



The Necki^aced Dove {Turfur Hgrinus). 



A very lovely dove, slender in build and with a long tail. 

 The general colour is brown, with light huffish spots on the 

 wings. The breast is vinous, the head pinkish gre}', and the 

 eyes reddish orange. A very broad black and white checked 

 collar round the back of the neck. This dove seems very seldom 

 imported now, though, at one time, some years ago, it was very 

 easy to procure it. It nests freely, and is one of the most beau- 

 tiful of the dove family. The Necklace comes from Burma, but 

 a very similar dove known as the Spotted Turtle Dove (^Tiirtur 

 S7crate7isis) comes from India, and is really the handsomer of the 

 two, for the eye is larger and a rich ruby-red, and the wing spots 

 are much brighter and more distinct. My cock Spotted Turtle 

 and my hen Necklace brought up many young ones; one year I 

 reared seven birds. 



The Senegal Turtle Dove {Turiur sejiegalejisis). 



This is a very favourite little dove ; in colour reddish and 

 grey. It has a black-checked collar running round \.\\^ front and 

 sides of the neck, differing in this respect from most doves, for 

 the collar is usually behind. The Senegal Dove readily breeds 

 in captivity and is a very pretty and bright little bird, thougii, to 

 my thinking, not so attractive in colouring as the Rudd}^ Turtle. 



We now come to the aberrant Turtle Doves (sub-family 

 Geopeliince). 



The Bar-Shouldered Dove {Geopelia h2a7ieralis). 



This is one of the handsomest and, at the same time, one 

 of the most quarrelsome of all the members of the dove fanlil^^ 

 It is not a very large bird, but is long and slender in shape, with 

 rather a small head in proportion to its size. The colouring is 

 chiefly grey and brown with bars of black across the wings, and 



