TURTLE DOVE. 



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the plumage of the head and body hair brown ; the back 

 rather darker than the front of the neck ; the wing-coverts 

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

 ly 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. 



