222 TURTLE. Clafs 11. 



afh colored : underneath the baftard wing is a white 

 ftroke pointing downwards. 



III. The TURTLE. 



La Turtrelle. Belona'v. 309. Rali fyn. av. 61. 



Turtur. Gefner a-v. ■^\b. Wilde Turtel taube. iS-aOT, 359. 



Turtur. Aldr.u'v.n. zi^. Le Tourterelle. Brijfon a<v. i. 



Tortora. Oliaa 34. 92. 



The Turtle-dove. WiL om. J5r. Zsc/. 89 *. plate O i . 



THIS fpecies is found in BtickinghamJIoire, Glou- 

 cejlerjhire^ Shropfiire^ and in the JVeft of Eng- 

 land. They are fhy and retired birds, breeding in 

 thick woods, generally of oak : we believe that they 

 refide in Buckinghawfbire during the breeding fcafon, 

 Defer, migrating into the other countries in autumn. The 

 length is twelve inches and a half; its breadth twenty- 

 one. The irides are of a fine yellow : a beautiful 

 crimfon circle encompafles the eye-lids. The chin 

 and forehead are whitifh : the top of the head afh- 

 colored mixed with olive : on each fide of the neck 

 is a fpot of black feathers prettily tipt with white : the 

 back afh-colored, bordered with olive brown : the 

 fcapulars and coverts of a reddifh brown fpotted 

 with black : the quil-feathers of a dufky brown, the 

 tips and outward edges of a yellowifh brown : the 

 breaft of a light purpliih red, having the verge of 

 each feather yellow \ the belly white : the fides and 

 inner coverts of the wins-s bluifn. The tail is three 



O" 



* The figure in the folio edition of this work feems to have 

 been taken {rem a young bird. 



^ inches 



