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. 



