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FAMILIAR WILD BIRDS. 



The female is of a rather lighter appearance than 

 her mate, and as a rule not quite so large, but the sex is 

 difficult to distinguish. The young birds are at first 

 covered .with a soft yellowish down, and the full plumage 

 is only gradually obtained, not completely until their 

 second year. 



The note of the Turtle Dove closely resembles the 

 syllables " Tur-tur " repeated more or less rapidly a cir- 

 cumstance to which its name may be no doubt attributed. 



