But now that the grand vilyun is out of the way, and the young turtledoves has made it all up, why can't they be married before he goes off to sea?"
"Her Mother's Secret"
Emma D. E. N. Southworth
At our approach fled in terror flocks of green pigeons, jays, ibis, turtledoves, golden pheasants, quails and moorhens, with crows and hawks, while now and then a solitary pelican winged its way to the distance.
"How I Found Livingstone"
Sir Henry M. Stanley
O columbine, open your folded wrapper, Where two twin turtledoves dwell!
"Journeys Through Bookland V2"
Charles H. Sylvester