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Sept. 23r(l. Dee mouth (Cheshire), two seen ; Girdler Lt.-v. 

 (Thames), eleven flying- S.W., 11.30 a.m. 

 CuUercoats (Northumberland), flock of 30 coasting S. 

 Girdler Lt.-v., eight flying N.W. at 11 a.m. 

 CuUercoats, hundreds flying N. 

 CuUercoats, numbers flying N. all day. 

 N. Somercotes (Lincoln), hundreds flying N. 

 St. Andrews (Fife), enormous flocks seen. 

 CuUercoats, flock of 50 flying N. 

 Frensham (SuiTey), male seen. 

 Scremerston (Northumberland), several seen. 



THE RING-DOVE {Columba jxdiunhus). 



Oct. 9th. Oalcamoor (Staflbrdshir*^), increase. 



,, 18th. Caistor (Norfolk), one found on tide-mark. 

 „ 29lh. Ilamptou-iu-Arden (Warwick), two flocks of "iOO each, 

 first seen. 

 Nov. early. Stnnton (Perthshire), " huge flights." 

 „ ."jth. Kumsey (Hants), a flock flying E. 



„ 9th. Ilamptou-in-Arden, three flocks of about 2000, flying 



S.S.W, at 8 A.M. 

 „ 11th. Newton Stewart (Wigtown), flock of 2000 seen. 

 „ 12th k 19th. Ilampton-in-Arden, flock of 1000 seen. 

 ,, l-lth. Pentland Skerries (Orkney), one seen. 

 „ l.jth. TarbatnessLt. (E. lloss), onekilled at 9 P.M. ; IJomsey, 

 several large flocks flying E. at 8 30 a.m. ; Countess 

 Wear (Devon), flock of six, passing; near E.vmoutli 

 (Devon) flock of 2000 passing. 

 „ IGth & 17th. Ikickholt (W, Hants), very large flocks arrived. 

 ,, 19th. Bere Regis (Dorset), many thousands seen, tired; very 

 few on 18th. 

 Dec. 16th. Cromer Lt. (Norfolk), enormous flock flying S. at 



8 4.J A.M. 



„ 31st/Jan.lst. Vv''ould J^t.-v. (Norfolk), several at 10 p.m. 



It was reported that practically no migration was seen on the N.E. 

 Liucolnshire coast in the autumn of 1911. Ring-Doves were reported as 

 present in enormous numbers from September onwards in that part of 

 Devonshire to the west of tlio Dart and south of Dartmoor ; in the rest 

 of the county they were scarce. 



THE TURTLE-DOVE {Turtur communis). 



Aug. 22nd/23rd. St. Catherine's Lt. (Hants), many. 

 „ 24th. Shrewsbury (Shropshire), la.-^t iiea'-d. 

 ,, 2.'ith. Tonbridge (Kent), large flock seen. 



