TURTLE DOVE. 
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of shooting 1 a specimen in the garden at Jardine 
Hall, the bird had frequented a break of peas, 
nearly ripe, for several days, and at last attracted 
the attention of the gardener, as one not previously 
known to him. When it was afterwards sought 
for, it was discovered in the same place, rose 
with considerable noise, and alighted on a neigh- 
bouring tree, whence it was shot. The plumage 
was that of an immature bird. Mr. Yarrell con- 
siders the Turtle more numerous in the wooded 
parts of Kent than in other districts of England, 
but it occurs in most of the southern counties, 
and becomes only occasionally seen in Yorkshire, 
Cumberland, and Northumberland, &c. The only 
other instances of the occurrence of the bird in 
Scotland, of which we have any record, is that of 
one killed in Perthshire, in October, 1834 ; * and 
a few days since (2d October) we saw a fresh 
skin in possession of Mr. Carfrae of Edinburgh, 
taken from a specimen killed in Aberdeenshire 
about a fortnight previously. In Ireland it appears 
to be equally rare, and equally a straggler. Out 
of Britain, it occurs on the continent and on the 
shores of the Mediterranean, in Asia Minor, f in the 
vicinity of Smyrna and it is considered to winter 
in Africa. § In its British localities it is a regular 
summer visitant, arriving about the end of April 
or beginning of May, leaving us again in August 
or September. The love note is described as 
* Mag. of Nat. Hist. vol. viii. t Mr. Fellows. 
J Mr. Strickland. § Yarrell, ii. p. 268. 
