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EGYPTIAN TURTLE DOVE. 
GiiEEUE is the European locality of the Egyptian 
Turtle Dove, and Asia and Africa its real home. Its 
name is derived from its frequent occurrence in Egypt; 
but it is also recorded as an inhabitant of Turkey by 
Degland, and of the Sahara in Algeria by Captain 
Loche. 
Count Miihle, in his ‘‘Oniithologie Gricchenlands,” 
says, “I have shot this pretty Dove many times in 
summer, when drinking with the Common Turtle Dove, 
but until the last year I had not regarded it as a 
distinct species.” 
Dr. Linder may er, Avriting as late as 1860, in his 
‘‘Vogel Gricchenlands,” says that he has not hitherto 
found it; but he has had the eggs sent to him Avhich 
he had mistaken for those of the Bee-eater, until after 
due inquiry he Avas set right upon this point by Herr 
Baron Konig-Warthausen. The eggs came from 
Attila. He from this inferred that the Egyptian Dove 
arrives about the same time as the Common Turtle 
Dove, breeds at the same places, and goes aAvay with 
it, by reason of Avhich Lindermayer considers it has 
been so little noticed. Erhardt does not include it in 
his list, nor has Kriiper discovered the eggs. There 
cannot hoAvever be any doubt about its oceurrence in 
Greece, because Miihle’s description of the bird is Axry 
exact. 
The male and female liaA^e the head, neck, and 
throat a beautiful pink, or flesh-colour, Avith the feathers 
under the base of the beak pure Avhite. There is a 
distinct collar between the throat and the chest of pinky 
russet, AAdiich goes only to the nape, Avhere it becomes 
blended Avith the colour of the back. From the nape 
to the rump, and to the edges of the Aving coA'erts on 
each side, the colour is a rich lustrous russet broAvn, 
