36 RESIDENTS AND MIGRANTS. 
Order III. RASORES. 
Fam. COLUMBID &. 
RING DOVE or WOOD PIGEON. Columba palumbus, 
Linneus. 
Resident and generally distributed, migrating in 
large flocks to the south at the approach of winter. 
STOCK DOVE. Columba enas, Linneus. 
A local resident, migrating to the south in winter. 
In the different county faunas and local lists to which 
reference has been made, this species has been variously 
characterized as follows :—Common throughout the 
year in Norfolk; a permanent resident in Leicester- 
shire ; very common in Shropshire; resident in Berks 
and Bucks; resident in Middlesex, but more nume- 
rous in autumn and winter; resident and common in 
the New Forest; resident in Sussex; rare in Somerset ; 
a winter visitant in Devon; rare in Cornwall; rare 
winter visitant in the Isle of Wight; and twice 
obtained at Scilly. Until recently it seems to have 
been unknown in Durham, and further north it is 
extremely rare. It is stated to have been met with 
in Caithness, and has occurred once in Orkney. It 
has not been recognized in Ireland. 
ROCK DOVE. Columba livia, Temminck. 
Resident, and in many places plentiful. It is espe- 
cially abundant along the coast-line of the west of 
Scotland, and on the Hebrides or Western Isles. 
