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T - I R T 1 K- DOVE.
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Among tjje feathered haibinge« o f spriug, whose v<wee gladdens our woodland» when “ miper is over and
gone,” this channingbird has ever been celebrated s* a Universal iavmirit» T h e T a n k - |>»e. as it hv eoniumn
consent, in every age and in cvety din*}, has W eonsktered by i t * pOet w a n «nbfem oi sen-wty amij«-..., .
to gra^e and soften bis pictures o f rural bnnnony. No one can listen with indiflcreuce to itn notes omong
the budding- foliage of the trees, blending with the songs o f other birds, and harmonizing with the genial in-
finence of reviving Nature.
*K ie l u n t e D o v e a p p e a r s 'lAnob g \& is* A p r i l, j b a t , lifc e o th e j b ird s th a t ¿m v e a b o s i t th* ■ • .-.»n p e r io d
the process o f incubation as soon as the h ^ ^ b e c o ^ deasO to afford it shelter, s e a t in g with
has ¡ifibrd ¿secure resting-place ifiM? d»eic r»idO ifet newt. Upon this fc&n.e.-irerh, o f a fcw str.wj;hi
purest white, which may be seen through the apertures o f the nest, so slighiiy and so-rudely i« ¿1 bailt.