. A history of British birds . 1 TURTLE DOVE. COLUMBJR. 21 COLVMBID^.. TuRTUR COMMUNIS, Selby.* THE TURTLE DOVE. Columha turtur. TuRTUR, Selby\;—Bill rather slender, the tip of the upper mandible gentlydeflected, that of the lower scarcely exhibiting the appearance of an angle : bassof the upper mandible covered with two soft, tumid, bare substances covering the * Naturalists Library, Ornithology, vol. v. pp. 153 and 171 (1835).t Tom. cit. p. 169. 22 COLUMBID^. nostrils. Tarsi rather shorter than the middle toe ; inner toe longer than theouter. Tail, of twelve feathers, rather long and conside

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. A history of British birds . 1 TURTLE DOVE. COLUMBJR. 21 COLVMBID^.. TuRTUR COMMUNIS, Selby.* THE TURTLE DOVE. Columha turtur. TuRTUR, Selby\;—Bill rather slender, the tip of the upper mandible gentlydeflected, that of the lower scarcely exhibiting the appearance of an angle : bassof the upper mandible covered with two soft, tumid, bare substances covering the * Naturalists Library, Ornithology, vol. v. pp. 153 and 171 (1835).t Tom. cit. p. 169. 22 COLUMBID^. nostrils. Tarsi rather shorter than the middle toe ; inner toe longer than theouter. Tail, of twelve feathers, rather long and considerably rounded orgraduated. Wings rather long and pointed, the first quill a little shorter thanthe second, which is the longest. The Turtlk Dove is onl} a summer-\dsitant to the BritishIslands, arriving in the southern districts about the end ofApril or beginning of May, according to the nature of theseason. Owing to the great increase of conditions suitable totheir habits, these birds are both more numerous and farmore widely distributed than in former years. The

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