THE TURTLE DOVE. 269 



more years in confinement, and is much more frequently 

 kept in Germany than it is in this country. 



In the Eighth Edition of the "List of Vertebrated 

 Animals" of the London Zoological Society, hybrids 

 are recorded as having been produced in 1863 and 

 1867, between the Common Turtle Dove and the Barbary 

 Turtle. And a pair of the former had a pure-bred 

 young one in 1878 in the same Gardens, but nothing 

 is stated about the fertility or otherwise of the hybrids. 



The males, says Morris, arrive before the females and 

 appear to pair for the season only. 



The scientific name is Turtur communis. 



