dov

from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

DOVE. The name of a well known bird.
     2. Doves are animals ferae naturae, and not the subject of larceny, 
unless they are in the owner's custody; as, for example, in a dove-house, or 
when in the nest before they can fly. 9 Pick. 15. See Whelp.