76 The Birds of Pembrokeshire. 
“ Atthe latter spot,” he writes, ‘‘I can call to mind seeing a few 
Doves come out of the deep fissures in the steep cliffs, far away 
below us, so that we had a good view of their w/zte rumps, and 
this was my first introduction to Rock-doves ; since then, in 
1892, I have seen crowds of wild Rock-doves in the Shetlands.” 
He adds further “ Stock-doves i have known well all my life. 
Of course there are lots of them near Tenby, and I have come 
across plenty of them on the coast of Carnarvonshire ; ¢hey 
seem to prefer ivy-covered cliffs, not very high as a rule, but 
I think the Rock-Doves like cliffs that are too wild and steep 
for ivy to grow on them, with caves and deep fissures to shelter 
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TURTLE DOVE, Zurtur communis.—A summer visitor ; scarce. A 
few pairs nest in the south of the county. In driving about the 
northern districts we have occasionally noted a single Turtle 
Dove in May and June. We saw one at Solva, towards the end 
of May, 1887, and another near St. David’s, and one was shot 
at Stone Hall as late in the year as October 23rd, 1887. We 
know of no instance of the nest having been found in the north 
of the county, neither did Mr. Dix, who considered the Turtle 
Dove only a straggler to Pembrokeshire. He states that it has 
been known to breed in the woods at Orielton, near Pembroke, 
but he believed only on one occasion. He writes: “On 2oth 
June, 1867, I was surprised to see one fly across a small field 
here, which was being sown with turnips; the same morning, 
within a less distance than a mile, I heard two others in different 
plantations ; three pairs were regularly heard and seen here for 
about ten days ; I was careful they should not be disturbed, as I 
hoped they would remain through the summer ; however, they 
all left, and we have had none since: their note is so peculiar it 
is not easy to suppose they would remain unnoticed, more par- 
ticularly as they were several times mentioned to me during the 
time they remained.” 
PALLAS’S SAND- GROUSE, Syrrhaptes paradoxus. — This 
singular bird, whose first appearance in the British Isles was 
