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associating with the tame pigeons. In the breeding 

 season they are mostly fomid on the north coast, 

 which is more mountainous and secluded than the 

 south ; and the sea cliffs where they breed are more 

 precipitous and afford greater facility for nesting: 

 but Lundy Island is the chief resort of this bird at 

 that period (Mag. Nat. Hist. 1837. p. 228). Bellamy 

 states independently, " On the southern coast of 

 Devon, and I am informed, on the coasts of 

 Cornwall it also builds. I saw one in June, 1839, 

 on the rocks in a small cove at Dartmouth " (Nat. 

 Hist. Devon p. 209). Mr. A. G. Moore includes 

 this species as breeding in Devon in 1865 ; the Hev. 

 M. A. Mathew has observed it building in the cliffs 

 about Lynton. Mr. Murray Mathew reports (May 

 1890) that he thought that the Rock Dove had 

 become extinct in Devon ; Mr. Howard Saunders 

 writes, " In Devonshire it is also rare and very 

 local" (Yarrell. B.B. III. p. U). Mr. Rawson 

 reports this bird as still nesting (April, 1890), in the 

 cliff caves between Lynmouth and Baggy Point, 

 and, on being challenged further, replies; "I am 

 certain about the Rock Dove and am not mixing it 

 with the Stock Dove, which also nests along the 

 coast" (in lit. May 4th, 1890). 



TURTLE DOY^.—Turtur communis, Sclby. 



A SUMMER visitant. '' The Turtle Dove is not 

 uncommon in Devonshire," writes Polwhele; it 

 is a shy retired bird, breeding in thick woods, 



