Loudons Natural History Popular Descriptions Tales And Anecdotes of More Than
Loudons Natural History Popular Descriptions Tales And Anecdotes of More Than
Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843
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The Turtle Love. 335 THE TUKTLE DOVE. (Columba turtur. ) " Go, beautiful and gentle Dove, And greet the morning ray ; For lo ! the sun shines bright above, And the rain is pass'd away. " BOWLES. THIS Dove brings to the heart and mind the most pleasing recollections ; its name is nearly synonymous with faithfulness and unvariable affection. The male or female is so much attached to its respective mate that it is said, perhaps with more poetry than truth, that if one die the other will never surv...ive ; however, the author of these observations was an eye-witness to the death of a female Turtle Dove, who was unfortu- nately killed by a spaniel, in the absence of the male ; the disconsolate survivor, after having in vain searched 336 Birds. everywhere for his mate, came and mournfully perched upon the wonted trough, waiting patiently for her to repair thither in order to get food ; but, after two days of unavailing expectation, he, by spontaneous abstinence, pined and died on the place. Such examples are not common ; and we believe that, when not domesti- cated, the appearance of another female, in the time of coupling, sets at defiance all natural propensity to con- stancy, and puts an end to the much-famed disconsolate widowhood.
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