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 The mountain dove is alo nearly the ize of a houe pigeon, has the ame red-coloured bill and legs, but its feathers are of a brown colour. It differs but little from the ring-neck dove, being only a ize larger, and builds its net on trees in the mountains, or at the ides of teep precipices, where it makes a pleaing, loud, plaintive noie. The ring-neck dove builds in coverts in the woods, as does alfo the partridge, which is likewie a pecies of the dove kind, but from its great reemblance, it is called the pieddrié by the French. The fleh of the three kinds is much liked, but has a bitter tate, as has that of mot other birds of the country, owing to the berries they feed on; this tate, though at firt diagreeable, is oon relihed by mot people, and they are reckoned very wholeome. The ground dove is not much bigger than a lark when tripped of its feathers, which are of a brown colour. It has a red bill and legs, makes a pleaing plaintive noie