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THE TURTLE-DOVE. 



TuRTUR COMMUNIS, Sclby. 



The Turtle-Dove is only a summer-visitor to the British Islands, 

 arriving in the southern districts about the end of April or early in 

 May, according to the nature of the season. In Cornwall, Western 

 Wales, and Lancashire it is infrequent, but it is abundant in the 

 eastern and midland counties, and is now of more or less regular 

 occurrence up to about the line of Sheffield, north of which it is 

 comparatively rare ; it has, however, been known to breed in Durham 

 and Cumberland, and is recorded as having done so in Northumber- 

 land. ^Moreover, it probably nests in the south-west of Scotland, 

 while its migrations have extended to the Shetlands and Orkneys 



