166 iiii>i) (iAij.i.in . 



Queest. Of recent years its numbers liavc greatly increased and every 

 park and most of the larger gardens in London are now frequented by 

 tliis species. In winter iuiniense flights arrive on the east coast from 

 the Continent and augment the hordes of these voracious birds, wliich 

 cause serious loss to agriculturists. The nest, a slightly built jdatform 

 of twigs, is placed on the branches of almost any kind of tree or bush, 

 and frequently in thick ivy on clifls and old walls. Two or three broods 

 are reared annually, the first pair of white eggs being generally laid in 

 February or j\Iarch, and in favourable seasons nests containing eggs or 

 young biids may be found during every month of the year. 



Norfolk, .1 line. 



Presented hu Lord li'als'ui<jhum. 



No. 81. TURTLE-DOVE. (Tiutuv tintur.) 



A summer visitor to the British Islands, generally arriving about 

 tlie beginning of May and departing in September. Its numbers seem 

 to be yearly increasing and it is now found in many localities in which 

 it was formerly scarce or entirely absent. The flat, slightly constructed 

 nest of twigs is placed in a thick bush or on the branch of a tree, usually 

 at no great height from the ground, and the two white eggs are laid 

 towards the end of May. 



Xorlolk, .inly. 



Presented liij Lorit ir<d.',iiii/tiain. 



No. 82. ROCK-DOVE. (Columba livia.) 



Common along the rocky coasts in the north of Great Britain and Ire- 

 land where caves and deep fissures e.xist and afford suitable resorts. The 

 nest is generally placed, as in the present in.stance, on the ledge of some 

 deep cavern, and composed of dry sca-wecd, grass, or other materials. 

 Two white eggs are laid at each sitting and several broods are reared 

 during the year. 



From this species all the domestic varieties of dove-cot pigeons have 

 been derived, and it is by no means unusual to find tame pigeons in the 

 caves consorting ^itli their wild allies. 



Caves of Cromarty, May. 



Presented by Captain S. G. Ne/d, (J, A. St. Quintin &y 

 IV. li. Of/ifrie-Grant, Esqrs. 



