Spotted Dove. 

 Turtur swatensis. 



XXII.— THE DOVE. 



" The love of the turtle." — Byron. 



Mr. Phil Robinson, in his delightfully humorous, 

 book " Noah's Ark," arrives at the conclusion that 

 the lion takes rank as king of the beasts because he 

 roars loudest : and similarly the Dove seems to have 

 gained credit as the truest and most typical lover 

 among the birds, because he makes the most fusa 

 about his affections. At any rate the fancy of our 

 spotted Turtle-dove {Turtur suratensis) seems to. 

 turn to thoughts of love the whole year round. Any 

 day you may see him bowing profoundly to the 



