THE RING DOVE. 
I HEAR the coo of a Ring Dove. The bird can 
not be very far off, for the coo was very loud: it 
must be in that elm tree, for I see a nest, and the 
Dove is sure to be near it. Yes, I just saw it fly 
into the tree ; you can see the nest if you come 
here and look up into the top of the tree. The 
tree is not in its full leaf yet, so that the nest can 
be seen very well. The Ring Dove lays eggs at 
the end of May, when the elm is not in its full leaf, 
but it will have more than one nest in the year. 
