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TURTLE DOVE. 
Turtur — Generic character. — Bill slender, tip 
deflected ; the maxilla showing little appear- 
ance of an angle ; wings lengthened ; the 
second quill longest, the first often partially 
accumulated ; tail slightly graduated. 
Types, T. migratorius, risoriut. Europe, Africa, 
Indian Islands, Australia. 
Note. — Arboreal, chiefly migratory. 
The Turtle Dove, Turtur migratorius, Strain- 
ton Columba turtur, Linn. — Turtur auritus, Rag. 
— La Tourlurelle , Temm. and French authors. — The 
Common Turtle, or Turtle Dove of British authors. 
— The Turtle Dove may be considered as a species 
entirely southern ; the instances of its capture in 
the northern counties of England, or in one or two 
instances in Scotland or Ireland, being only those 
of stray birds, which, from some cause or other, have 
exceeded the limit of their migration. We have 
seen it ourselves in Kent, in Hertfordshire, and in 
Holland, during temporary excursions, but have 
had no opportunity of observing it closely. In the 
instance, which we communicated to Mr. Yarrell, 
