2'4 BRITISH BIRDS, WITH THEIR NESTS AND EGGS 



The Turtle- Dove is often kept in confinement, and readily hybridizes with the 

 other species of the genus, and in a large aviary, where it has the power of flight, 

 can be readily induced to breed with the White-collared Dove, Turtur risoria, which 

 is so frequently kept in confinement. 



All authors regard the Turtle-Dove as rather beneficial than injurious to the 

 farmer, as the crops are almost invariably filled, not with grain, but with the seeds 

 of weeds, and occasionally small snails and caterpillars may be found among the 

 vegetable matter. During the season of migration it may be frequently seen 

 resting on the rigging of vessels, in the Mediterranean, or the Bay of Biscay. 



