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extend from Saltburn to Flamborough, and at Kettleness 

 I shot one as it darted from a hole in some ivy. On the 

 coast, as elsewhere, it is no doubt confused with the true 

 Rock-Dove, which it far outnumbers, while it is probable 

 that the so-called " Blue Rocks " reported as seen nesting 

 on inland cliffs are referable to the present species. 



Nidification commences early ; Mr. E. R. Waite found 

 eggs partly incubated near Headingly on 5th March 1877, 

 and young have been seen near Beverley so late as October. 

 An unusual instance of Stock-Doves and Starlings nesting 

 in company near York is reported in the Zoologist (1881, 



p. 65). 



Variation of plumage in this bird is not common ; Mr. 

 John Morley of Scarborough had a pied example in August 

 1905, and, near Malton, in August 1903, he procured a curious 

 specimen, which has dun or fawn coloured wings ; the head, 

 breast, neck, and under parts are lighter coloured than in the 

 ordinary type, but the soft parts are of the normal colour. 

 Another variety, with white and cream-coloured plumage, 

 is recorded {Field, 19th August 1896) as having occurred at 

 Beckwithshaw, near Harrogate. 



Local names : — Stockie or Stoggie in the East Riding, 

 at Scarborough, and Doncaster (so called from nesting in 

 stocks or trunks of trees). Rock-Dove — Beverlej/', Flam- 

 borough, Bempton, Western Ainsty, Ackworth, Thirsk, 

 Hambleton, Swaledale, Arkengarthdale, Settle, Ribblesdale, 

 and Whitby. Blue Rock — Eastern Wolds, Beverley, Teesdale, 

 Ackworth, Fewston, Swaledale, Arkengarthdale, Nidderdale, 

 Thirsk, Hambleton, and Whitby. Rock Pigeon — Western 

 Ainsty. Wood Pigeon or Ring-Dove — Nidderdale and Rye- 

 dale. Burrow Pigeon — Sedbergh. Rocket-Dove — Gunner- 

 gate-in-Cleveland (from the rocket-like flight as it leaves 

 the ivy-clad trees). 



