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old quarry that has been closed for some time. [The 

 Eev. H. A. Macpherson tells me that all the available 

 evidence goes to show that the Whitbarrow birds are 

 merely Stock-Doves. — Ed.] Mr. E. Standen has taken- 

 eggs which he believes to be of this species from Lang- 

 den Fell, where he says it nests in rocky crannies in 

 almost inaccessible situations, and such a position is 

 certainly very likely ; but so many cases have occurred 

 of the domestic Pigeon reverting to a feral state, that 

 careful identification is necessary in all instances, and 

 indeed a strong opinion is held by many naturalists that 

 the true Eock-Dove never nests inland [except in caves. 

 —Ed.] 



GENUS TUKTUR. 

 TUETLE-DOYE. 



TuRTUR COMMUNIS, Selby. 



The Turtle-Dove is a rare and occasional summer 

 visitor, and no instance of its nesting within the county 

 limits is on record. Examples have been shot in many 

 localities, mostly in May and June, August and Septem- 

 ber, and these have no doubt been on migration. 



[Mr. E. J. Howard informs me that the " Turtle- 

 Doves " recorded as breeding at Mj'tton Hall (Eev. 

 J. Gerard, Stoiii/Jturst Magazine, 1887) proved to be 

 examples of the Oriental species, recently turned out of 

 their cage. — Ed.l 



