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The “turtle” is the turtle dove. In the Jerusalem Forest ... The perfume of daffodils, which suffused our winter, is still wafted on the breeze, and the white, cream, yellow, and blue noses ...

There is also a naturally occurring cream-colored variant, and this species is known to hybridize with the ringed turtle-dove, so plumage variation will occur. The tail is fairly long and blunt-ended.