DOUW, dou. GERARD. 'Zee Doc, GERARD. DOUZETTE, Louts (1834—). A German landscape painter. He was born at Trieb sees. Pomerania, and studied with Esehke at Berlin. Subsequently he traveled in France, Italy. Germany. and Sweden. llis .spe•ialty is moonlight painting. in which genre he excels. Among his best works are: "Moonlight Night in Winter" 1S65) : "Swedish Coast by Moonlight" (18(16) : on the Gulf of Venice" 11R7(I: Melbourne) : "Moonlight on the Fjord" ( 1SS3: Dresden Gallery) : "Harbor of Liibeek by Moonlight" (1g911. Donzette received the gold medal at the Berlin Art Exhibition of 1SSfl.
DOVE (Icel. (tufa, Ger. Taube, Dutch duff, Goth. dar6. perhaps connected with Tr. dub, black, or possibly with AS. dyfan, to dip. from du fan, to dive). A pigeon. No scientific distinction sepa rates pigeons from doves: but the latter word is attached to certain species, ?specially those which have been partly or wholly domesticated. as the ring-dove. rock-dove, and stock-dove of (Europe, and till nwn•particularly to the group of turtle doves constituting the genus Turtur. These are -mall. graceful, modestly dressed representatives of their kind, the t: pe of gentleness and purity.
The common species ( Tortur comet:this) is mi gratory in Europe. and seems to he increasing. Another of the many 01(1 World species, abundant in Asia 1\linor and eastward. and erroneously named Turtur t:(ncgalensis, is regarded as the 'turtle' of 'scripture. In the United States, the bird frequently called turtle or Carolina dove is Zenaidura mae•oura. whose plaintive, throb bing refrain in early summer is familiar through out the whole land, and makes its other name, 'mourning-dove.' seem sadly appropriate. It is migratory, but with the spread of civilization and consequent increasing certainty of food about barns, etc.. it is more and more remaining in the northerly districts, throughout the winter. The scaled doves (scardafella ) are small and beauti ful of semi-tropical America: and another group belonging to the warmer parts of America and of terrestrial habits are called ground-doves. Doves' nests are very slight structures, and the eggs arc white. An example (that of the Ameri can Zenaida dove ) is shown on the Colored Plate of EGGS OF WATER AND GAME BIRDS.