clad in green, and ambushed amongst the willows that 
fringe the watercourses. The flesh of this bird is good, 
and, in my opinion, superior to that of the travelling 
Quails during the Spring migration. In captivity I have 
found the Turtle Dove restless, pugnacious with other 
species, and promiscuously amorous and troublesome, 
but in his natural state I hold him as eminently charm- 
ing and worthy of all possible protection. 
