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TURTLE DOVE. 



PLATE CXXXV. FIGURE II. 



Columba Turtur, LINNJEDS. LATHAM. 



Turtur auritus, RAY. 



nest, built in woods and hedges, is frail and 

 carelessly constructed of a few twigs and sticks, 

 and is placed in trees at no great height from the 

 ground some ten or twenty feet but well hidden 

 among the foliage. It is, however, itself so slight, 

 that the eggs may be seen through it. 



The eggs are two in number, and glossy white, 

 of a narrow oval and rather pointed form. They are 

 laid about the middle of May, and are hatched in 

 sixteen or seventeen days. The female sits on the 

 young, if the weather be cold, both night and day. 

 Two and sometimes three broods are produced in the 

 year. The young soon learn to shift for themselves. 



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