{"id":1396,"date":"2017-12-02T12:00:09","date_gmt":"2017-12-02T12:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/?p=1396"},"modified":"2017-11-28T15:18:56","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T15:18:56","slug":"two-turtle-doves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/2017\/12\/02\/two-turtle-doves\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Turtle Doves"},"content":{"rendered":"

#ChristmasCountdown<\/strong><\/a>
\nDoor No. 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Turtle Dove from ‘History of British Birds Vol I (Bradshaw-Bewick Collection, Bradshaw-Bewick 761BEW)<\/p><\/div>\n

On the second day of Christmas
\nmy true love sent to me:
\nTwo Turtle Doves
\nand a Partridge in a Pear Tree<\/p>\n

THE TURTLE DOVE<\/em><\/p>\n

“…The female lays two eggs, and has only one brood in this country, but in warmer climates it is supposed to breed several times in the year.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Extract from History of British Birds Vol I., page 273, by Thomas Bewick.<\/p>\n

History of British Birds<\/a>\u00a0is published in two volumes. It was the first field guide for non-specialists and contains accurate illustrations of bird species. Aspects from the History of British Birds is used in poetry and literature.<\/p>\n

Find out more about the Bradshaw-Bewick collection<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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