GREEN-WINGED DOVE. 
seem, however, to have a stronger attachment 
to their young, than those who are found to 
breed so often ; whether it be that instin6i: a6ls 
more powerfully upon tliem in their state of 
nature, or that their afFe6tions are less divided 
by the multiplicity of claims. 
" Thcreare many species of the Wild Pigeon 
which, though bearing a strong affinity to the 
Stock Dove, are nevertheless sufficiently diffe- 
rent from it to deserve a distln6l description. 
The Ring Dove is of this number ; a good deal 
larger than the former, and building it's nest 
with a few dry sticks in the boughs of trees. 
This seems a bird much fonder of it's native 
freedom than the former, and attempts have 
been frequently made to render it domestic, but 
tliey have hitherto proved fruitless ; for, though 
their eggs have been hatched by the tame pi- 
geon in a Dove-House, yet, as soon as they 
could fly, they always betook themselves to the 
woods where they were first produced. 
" The Turtle-Dove is a smaller but a much 
shyer bird than any of the former. It may 
easily be distinguished from the rest by the iris 
of the eye, which is of a fine yellow, and by 
a beautiful 
