TURTLE DOVE. 



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tipped with buffy white ; the flight, or quill-feathers, 

 slightly tinged on their outer edges with rufous ; belly and 

 under tail -coverts white ; flanks bluish grey ; tail-feathers 

 above hair brown, on the under surface blackish brown ; 

 the outer feathers on each side with the external web, and 

 the next two with the ends, white ; legs, toes, and claws, 

 brown. 



The upper figure in the engraving at the head of this 

 subject represents an adult bird ; the lower figure was 

 taken from a young bird of the year. 



The vignette represents in outline the form of the breast- 

 bone of our Turtle Dove of the natural size, and indicates, 

 by the depth of the keel, the great powers of flight pos- 

 sessed by the birds of this genus. 



