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comes along a minute or two later, driving the first comer 

 away and itself taking up the prominent post. They seem 

 to beguile themselves for hours with such light-hearted 

 scuffles, following each other from paddock to planting, 

 from grove to garden. 



The turtle dove is a migrant, arriving in England from 

 Africa late in April. It is rare in the northern counties, 

 and I have never seen it in Scotland. 



