| The boat returned on board the ringdove, and I, as well as the others, rejoiced in having eluded impressment in a man-of-war. |
| We make out the frigate to be the Terpsichore, and the sloop, I know by her new royals, is the ringdove. |
| Her words rang out crystalclear, more musical than the cooing of the ringdove, but they cut the silence icily. |
| The ringdove, or wood pigeon, is one of the species that are actually endangered because of hunting. |
| Her hand was scarce larger than a hazel-leaf, and her foot not longer than that of the ringdove. |
| In the ravine a ringdove mourned plaintively, and somewhere off in the bushes an owl hooted. |
