Two (turkey) doves . . .
And a partridge in a . . . lily.
Happy second day of Christmas!—Elizabeth Periale
![François-Nicolas Martinet, Ornithologie [=Histoire des Oiseaux Peints dans Tous Leurs Aspects Apparents et Sensibles] [Ornithology], 1773-1792, Plate 1: Turkey Dove](http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/nhrarebooks/martinet/SIL13-1-7b.jpg "François-Nicolas Martinet, Ornithologie [=Histoire des Oiseaux Peints dans Tous Leurs Aspects Apparents et Sensibles] [Ornithology], 1773-1792, Plate 1: Turkey Dove")
![Mark Catesby, The natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands: containing the figures of birds, beasts, fishes, serpents, insects, and plants, 1731-43 [1729-48], American Partridge and Attamusco Lily](http://www.sil.si.edu/PAID/fullsize/SIL-007-052/SIL7-052-20.jpg "Mark Catesby, The natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands: containing the figures of birds, beasts, fishes, serpents, insects, and plants, 1731-43 [1729-48], American Partridge and Attamusco Lily")
Top: François-Nicolas Martinet, Ornithologie [Histoire des Oiseaux Peints dans Tous Leurs Aspects Apparents et Sensibles] [Ornithology], 1773-1792, Plate 1: Turkey DoveFrom the digital collection, Ornithologie.
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