Ill 



the belly dirty white ; on the back of the neck is a 

 semilunar white line; the legs are red, partly co- 

 vered with feathers. 



The length 18 inches, weight 2oz. 



The female lays 2 white eggs, in a nest composed 

 of twigs. 



They feed upon wild fruits, herbs, &c. In several which 

 we opened in June, the crops were full of the immature 

 oak-apple. (The nest of the cynips querdfolia.) 



3. TURTUR. TURTLE DOVE. 



C. rectricibus apice albis, dorso griseo, pectore in- 

 carnato, macula later all colli nigra lineolis albis. 

 Lath. 



The bill is brown ; the irides yellow, encompassed 

 with a crimson circle ; the crown and back are ash 

 colour, mixed with olive; on the sides of the neck 

 a black spot, edged with white > the wings are brown ; 

 the breast is purple, mixed with yellow ; the belly is 

 white ; the feet are red ; the claws black. 



Length 12 inches. 



.The turtle dove arrives late in the spring, and de- 

 parts about August. 



The female lays 2 white eggs, in a nest formed 

 of sticks. 



