Turtledove

[ source ] from the" Materia Medica" Commentaries: Spotted Wren, doves, have spot, with or without spot, with grey, with small, large. A virtual cat food, air supply. Although the number of color, its use is also.
[ ] B n Ji Pinyin name reports.
English name [ ] Latham, Turtledove
[ alias ] Jin dove, spotted Wren
[ source ]
Medicine source: dove, Streptopelia turtle animal fire beads and a dove meat.
Latin animal mineral name: 1.Oenopopelia tranquebarica ( Harmann ) 2.Streptopelia orientalis ( Latham ) 3.Streptopelia chinensis ( Scopoli )
Harvest and storage: the four seasons can be captured, killed, removing the feathers and offal, fresh or roasted.
[ ] the original morphology
1 red turtle dove, body length 22-26cm, smaller size. Head and neck blue gray, head side slightly shallow, neck base has 1 black collar; the back and flanks, scapulars coverts grapes red. The tail with a broad white outer tail feathers Yu Duan, the outer Xia to pure white, dark brown feathers; chin and under tail coverts white lower body base, more than part of the same feather color and back but shallower. The female body is drab before, with grey, black neck collar. The rendering of blue ash, lower body brown. The chin and throat nearly white, belly and undertail coverts to blue grey.
2 mountain turtledove, body length of about 34cm, wing length 19-20cm, the larger size. The forehead and crown blue gray, head and neck grey brown and slightly wine; neck base on left and right sides of each black piece porphyritic, the feather edge apex blue grey. Scapular feathers margin spot for significant red brown. On the back is brown; lower back and waist blue grey. Lower body for wine outer tail feathers gray end shorter; the under tail coverts dove grey. Dark leaden mouth, foot and toe claw purple, red and black.
3 Spotted Dove, body of up to 32cm, wing length 15-16cm. The forehead and his forehead pale gray, head and back more than the Department for dove grey and pink with grapes; neck base and sides with broad black collar, black is white or yellowish-white apex into punctate ( name bead spot ). Scapular feather plume spotted brown yellow brown upper body; the remaining part is on the head, neck, throat, chest and abdomen side, for wine, outer rectrices apex with broad white undertail coverts, Dark Slate grey. Mouth depth angle brown; plantar and tarsal claw toe purple brown, angular.
[ ] habitat distribution
Ecological environment: 1 habitat in the adjacent field of mountain forest, bamboo forest. Often in groups of activities in the field, near the village. Nest in the tree and bamboo forest, each nest eggs 2-3 only. In order to crops or weed seeds, fruits for food.
2 habitat in the plains and mountain forest in winter often into small group activities in the field. Nests in the branches, more in more subtle dwarf forest, nest very rudimentary, per spawning 2. The staple crop and weed seeds.
3 habitat in the farmland near the woods, bamboos and field, often also in residents near the point of activity. Fly is very quickly. Calling loudly. In order to corn and weed seeds. Nest camp to tree, bamboo thickets on or between. Each nest eggs 2, male and female birds in hatchery.
Resource distribution: 1 located in the northeast, North China, East China, South China, southwest and Shaanxi, Qinghai, Tibet and other places.
2 distributed in all parts of the country.
3 Distribution in the north to Hebei, South to West Shaanxi, Guangdong, Sichuan, vast areas of Yunnan.
[ composition ] Spotted-necked dove meat containing protein ( protein ), peptide ( peptides ), amino acids ( amino acid ), fat ( fat ), steroid ( steroide ), sugar ( saccharides ).
[ ] taste sweet; flat
[ ] lung kidney meridian;
[ ] Bushen Yiqi; functions;". The main external disease of qi deficiency; body tired; hiccup; two eyes dim
[ usage] oral administration: moderate, cooking.
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Excerpts from" Chinese Materia Medica" [ ]
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