2 TURTLE-DOVE. 
attraction to such spots. The wild tares on the Shorehain shingle-banks draw large numbers of birds from 
the wooded part of the country many miles inland. Though repeatedly alarmed and put to flight by the local 
gunners, Doves, as well as Wood-Pigeons, invariably return to the abundant store of seed furnished by the 
heavy crop that annually springs up on this otherwise barren waste. 
The nest of the Turtle-Dove resembles in construction that of the Wood-Pigeon, though for the most 
part of somewhat lighter build. After the manner of all the Pigeon tribe, the aspect of the squabs when 
newly hatched is by no means inviting : a livid and cadaverous hue pervades the naked skin ; the wrinkled 
neck, bare head, and sightless eyes are repulsive in the extreme ; while here and there, falling off by degrees 
as they advance in age, a yellow, straggling, hairy down in the first instance spreads over the sprouting quills. 
