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Gould in his " Birds of Great Britain " in the following words : 

 " Mr. W. Christy Horsfall, of Horsforth Low Hall, informs me 

 that he has a pair in his collection which were killed in the 

 neighbourhood of Leeds." 



In connection with this statement Mr. W. Eagle Clarke, 

 when engaged in writing the bird portion of the " Handbook 

 of the Vertebrate Fauna of Yorkshire," was unable to trace 

 these specimens ; my more recent efforts in that direction 

 have resulted in obtaining the information that the British 

 Museum (Natural History) at Cromwell Road, South Kensing- 

 ton, contains a mounted specimen of this bird in the British 

 series, which bears the following particulars : — " Colder 

 [? Calder] river, Yorkshire, 1843. Mr. Parke. Presented by 

 Mr. J. Baker." It is possible that this may be one of the 

 examples referred to, as the river Calder flows into the Aire 

 not far distant from Leeds. 



I have, however, examined a male example, in the collection 

 of Capt. Dunnington-Jefferson of Thicket Priory, which was 

 procured in that neighbourhood by the well-known veteran 

 wildfowler, Snowdon Sleights. Unfortunately, neither the 

 present owner of the specimen nor its shooter kept a record of 

 the date, and all the information the old fowler is able to give 

 is that it was shot in the " North Ings," when the Derwent 

 was in flood, and much of the surrounding country was 

 covered with water. 



RING-DOVE. 



Columba palumbus (Z.). 



Resident, generally distributed, abundant. An influx of immigrants 

 takes place in autumn, in varying numbers, depending upon the 

 rigour of the season. 



The earliest mention of the Ring-Dove in Yorkshire is 

 probably found in the writings of the celebrated Marmaduke 

 Tunstall, F.R.S., who lived at Wycliffe-on-Tees, thus : — 



" Ring Pigeon. Have many here, and what is singular, 



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