PLATE XLI. 
The Dove. 
This bird . a nauve of our Kingdom ar.d is delineated the fize of life: it is the fmalleft of the 
Dove kind, and much frequents the woods about Trmg in Hertford(hire. They do not flock to- 
gether as the Wood-P.dgeons do. but are moftly to be feen m pairs. I have feen them m the 
London markets before they were full feathered, where they are fold for foreign birds and are 
often caged. The proper food for them is Tares; and whilft young, once a day is fufficient for 
them to be fed. They build in fmall low oak trees in woods, the neft is flightly made of a few bits 
of mcks; they lay two wh.te eggs, and fit eighteen days. They are very tender to rear, and if 
taken young will breed in cages. 
