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COLUMBA CAEOLINEKSIS. 
foliage of the vine, in an orchard, on the horizonh*^ 
branches of an apple tree, and, in some cases, on tb® 
ground. It is composed of a handful of small twig*’ 
laid with little art, on which are scattered diy fihroi'* 
roots of plants ; and in this almost Hat bed are depositf* 
two eggs of a snowy whiteness. The male and fem^l 
unite in feeding.the young, and they have rarely niot* 
than two brood in the same sea.sou. 
The tlesh of this bird is considered much superior g 
that of the wild pigeon ; but its seeming contidence 
man, the tenderness of its notes, and the iuuocei'r? 
attached to its character, are, with many, its seenru; 
and protection ; with others, hon ever, the teuderiic*-: 
of its tlesh, and the sport of shooting, overcome ‘‘j 
other considerations. About the commencement * 
frost, they begin to move off to the south ; nuinbe)* 
however, remain in Pennsylvania during the who*'' 
winter. 
The turtle dove is twelve inches long, and seventfO^ 
inches in extent ; bill, black ; eye, of a glossy blackin'*'’ 
surrounded w ith a pale grecni.sh blue skin ; cro"' 
upper ])art of the neck and wings, a tine silky ***!. 
blue; back, scapulars, and lesser wing-coverts, 
brow n ; tertials, spotted with black ; primaries, cd?*^ 
and tipt with white ; forehead, sides of the neck, o'* 
breast, a pale brown vinous orange; umhu' the oo 
feathei's, a spot or drop of deep black ; iiiiniediab’ ' 
below which the plumage rellects the most vivid tny, 
of green, gold, and crimson ; chin, pale yellow ocb> ^ 
beljy and vent, whitish ; legs and feet, coral red, scan'* 
with white ; the tail is long and lununform, consist’ r 
of fourteen feather.s ; the four exterior ones, on f”* 
side, are marked with black, about an inch fi’n'fJ.j 
tips, and white thence to the extnmiitj’; the next *' 
less of the white at the tip; those gradually leiig'tb , 
to the four middle ones, vi hich are wholly dark sb' ^ 
all of them taper towards the points, the two nii“ 
ones most so, 
The female is an inch shorter, and is otherwise e'l- 
distinguished by the less brilliancy of her colour ; 
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