COLUMBA TURTUR. (linn.) 



Turtle Dove. 



Like the last described species, the Turtle Dove breeds 

 onlj in the more southern parts of the island, and is scarcely 

 ever seen in ihe north, and then only in the winter months. 

 I have met with it during the breeding season in Suffolk, and 

 have received the eggs from Epping Forest. It builds a nest 

 like the Ring Dove, of sticks, placed cross-wise, and forming 

 a very loosely constructed platform, upon which it lays two 

 white eggs, differing only in size from the other three spe- 

 cies. — Fig. 2. 



