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THE TURTLE-DOVE. 



Turtur communis, Selby. 



The Turtle-Dove arrived on the eastern portion of the south- 

 east and south coasts, between Suffolk and Hampshire. 

 A single bird was seen in the Scilly Isles at the end of 

 February, but the first records of genuine immigrants came 

 from Berkshire on the 7th of April and from the Caskets 

 light and Suffolk on the 8th. A few stragglers were sub- 

 sequently reported up to the 21st, and a rather more decided 

 immigration took place between the 22nd and the 30th. 



An immigration of larger dimensions occurred during the 

 first four days of May, a second on the 7th, and a third 

 between the 10th and 12th, and others on the 14th, 16th, 

 18th and 20th. 



The first three immigrations seem to have been composed 

 of the majority of our breeding-birds ; these reached North 

 Wales by the 10th of May and Yorkshire by the 11th, when 

 the usual numbers were reported from Cambridgeshire. The 

 last five migrations seem to have contained birds which passed 

 mainly into the western counties and Wales, large numbers 

 being reported from Worcestershire and Staffordshire on the 

 19th. Nests with eggs were found in Essex on the 19th of 

 May, in Radnorshire on the 24th, in Cheshire on the 28tb, 

 and in Surrey on the 1st of June. 



Chronological Summary of the Records. 



Feb. 28th. Scilly Isles (one seen). 

 April 7th. Berks. 



8th. Channel Islands light Suffolk. 



