his seed should inherit Canaan, and demanded a sacrifice which included ‘a turtle-dove and a young pigeon.’ The dove was declared a pure bird by the law of Moses. Subsequently the dove or pigeon, sometimes the turtledove specifically, is commonly ordained as a sacrifice upon various occasions. No other bird was permissible as an offering (Lev. 1:14), consequently no other bird is so commonly mentioned in the Bible, whether Old or New Testament. In Lev. 12 the offering for a woman for her purification