70 TURTLE DOVE. 



TURTUR Generic character. Bill slender, tip 

 deflected ; the maxilla showing little appear- 

 ance of an angle ; wings lengthened ; the 

 second quill longest, the first often partially 

 accuminated ; tail slightly graduated. 



Types, T. migratorius, risorius. Europe, Africa, 

 Indian Islands, Australia. 



Arboreal, chiefly migratory. 



THE TURTLE DOVE, TURTUR MIGRATORIUS, Swain- 

 son Columba turtur, Linn. Turtur auritus, Ray. 

 La Tourturelle, Temm. and French authors. The 

 Common Turtle, or Turtle Dove of British authors. 

 The Turtle Dove may be considered as a species 

 entirely southern ; the instances of its capture in 

 the northern counties of England, or in one or two 

 instances in Scotland or Ireland, being only those 

 of stray birds, which, from some cause or other, have 

 exceeded the limit of their migration. We have 

 seen it ourselves in Kent, in Hertfordshire, and in 

 Holland, during temporary excursions, but have 

 had no opportunity of observing it closely. In the 

 instance, which we communicated to Mr. Yarrell, 



