It is about 17 inches long and 30 inches in extent of wings

The plu mage of the upper parts is grayish-blue, tinged with brown on the wings and scapulars; the back and sides of the neck are bright-green and purplish-red, with two cream-colored patches; the fore-neck and breast are reddish-purple; secondary coverts; the bill is partly red; the iris is yel low; and the feet are carmine. The ring-dove subsists on grains, acorns, ivy-berries, and other wild fruits, and lays two white eggs on a nest which may be described as a platform of sticks so loosely put together that often the eggs may be seen through it. there is a white patch on the wing, including four outer 2. A small dove, Turtur risorius , now known only in confinement, having the general plumage of a pale dull creamy color, with a black half-ring around the nape of the neck. ring-dropper (ring'drop"ėr), n . One who practises ring-dropping. Some ring - droppers write out an account and make a little parcel of jewellery, and when they pick out their man they say, "If you please, sir, will you read this for me and tell me what I shall do with these things, as I've just found them?"