This bird is also brought here and kept in cages Although not so common as the Ring-Dove, it is more prolific in a domestic state; and it is said it will pair with the Collared Turtle, and the produce prove more fruitful than the last mentioned bird alone.* The cooing of the male of this bird has less variety than the Ring-Dove, being a prolonged note, but his gestures before the female are about the same. We have a species of this bird in the United States, allied to this, the Asiatic species, (the Columba Carolinen-sis,) but I am not aware of any of them having been kept in cages.

Food, and size of cage the same as the Ring-Dove.

Characteristics Of The Sexes

The male of this bird has the forehead white, the upper parts of a whitish blue, darker towards the tail; there is a black spot on each side of the neck, with a few whitish curved lines on it. This has a fine effect, and is named the beauty spot, the lower parts white. The female is grayish on the back, the beauty spot much fainter, lower parts grayish also.

* Bechstein.

Location

Found in Europe and Asia. In Northern Europe - Migratory.