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THE TURTLE DOVE. 



Culuinba iurtur. 

 Turf ID- aurilHs.- 



ERHAPS no bird, either in 

 tliis country or elsewhere, is 

 so inseparably connected 

 with pleasing and senti- 

 mental associations as the 

 Turtle Dove. 



Its strong unswerving at- 

 tachment to its mate, its 

 gentle confiding disposition, 

 and elegant a^^pearance, have 

 been from time immemorial 

 the admiration of mankind. 

 These pleasing characteristics 

 have furnished unfailing 

 themes and apt similes for 

 the poet, the preacher, the 

 philosopher, and the moral- 

 ist ; whilst the numerous 

 records of its gentleness 

 and conjugal devotion are 

 thoroughly well known to 

 everyone, and have long 

 since become proverbial. 

 Notwithstanding;- this 



