. A dictionary of the Bible .. . sparingly distiibuted. Another species, allied eitherto this or to Columba livia, has been observed inthe valley of the Jordan, perhaps Col. leuconota,\ig. See Ibis, vol. i. p. 35. The turtle-dove Turtur auritus, L.) is, as has been stated, mostabundant, and in the valley of the Jordan, an alliedspecies, the palm-dove, or Egyptian turtle (Turturaegyptiacus, Temm.), is by no means bird, most abundant among the palm-trees inKgypt and North Africa, is distinguished from thecommon turtle-dove by its ruddy chesnut colour,its long tail, smaller size, an
. A dictionary of the Bible .. . sparingly distiibuted. Another species, allied eitherto this or to Columba livia, has been observed inthe valley of the Jordan, perhaps Col. leuconota,\ig. See Ibis, vol. i. p. 35. The turtle-dove Turtur auritus, L.) is, as has been stated, mostabundant, and in the valley of the Jordan, an alliedspecies, the palm-dove, or Egyptian turtle (Turturaegyptiacus, Temm.), is by no means bird, most abundant among the palm-trees inKgypt and North Africa, is distinguished from thecommon turtle-dove by its ruddy chesnut colour,its long tail, smaller size, and the absence of thecollar on the neck. It does not migrate, but fromthe similarity of its note and habits, it is not pro-bable that it was distinguished by the ancients. 1576 TYCHICUS The large Indian turtle {Tnrtnr gelastes, Temm.)has also been stated, though without authority, tooccur in Palestine. Other species, as the well-known collared dove (^Turtur risoria, L.) have beeninconectly included as natives of Syria. [H. B. Turtur aegryjiliacu-i. TYCHICUS (TvxiKos). A companion of on some of his journeys, and one of his fellow-labourers in the work of the Gospel. He is men-tioned in five separate books of the New Testament,and in four cases explicitly, in the tifth very pro-bably, he is witli the district of Asia.(1) In Acts XX. 4, he appears as one of those whoaccompanied the Apostle through a longer orshorter portion of his return-journey from thethird missionary circuit. Here he is expiesslycalled (with Trophimus) Affiavos: but whileTroj)himus went with St. Paul to Jerusalem(Actsxxi. 29), Tychicus was left behind in Asia,probably at Miletus (Acts xx. 15, 38). (2) HowTychicus was employed in the interval before first imprisonment we cannot tell: but inthat imprisonment he was with the Apostle again,as we see from Col. iv. 7, 8. Here he is spokenof, not only as a beloved brother, but as afaithful minister and fellow-servant in the Lord ;and he
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