48 Mr. A. G. More on the Distribution of Birds 
Subprovinces 1-35. 
Lat. 50°-59°. “British” type, or general. 
Throughout the mainland; and breeds also in Mull and 
Iona (Mr. H. D. Graham); but does not build in Orkney, or 
Shetland, or the Outer Hebrides. 
CaPRIMULGUS EUROPHUS (Linn.). Nightjar. 
Provinces I.—XVII. 
Subprovinces 1-34, 35. 
Lat. 50°-59°.  “ British ” type, or general. 
Less numerous in the north of Scotland, breeding occasion- 
ally only in Caithness (Mr. Shearer). 
Mr. H. D. Graham reports the Nightjar as breeding regu- 
larly in Mull. 
CoLuMBA paLUMBUS (Linn.). Wood-Pigeon. 
Provinces I.-X VII.’ 
Subprovinces 1-35. 
Lat. 50°-59°.  “ British ” type, or general. 
A common species in nearly all parts of Britain, and, though 
Mr. H. D. Graham does not mclude the Wood-Pigeon in his list 
of the birds of Iona, Mr. J. K. Wilson describes it as breeding 
annually in the island of Mull. 
The Wood-Pigeon extends to the extreme north of the main- 
land, but does not reach the Scottish isles. Its rapid increase 
of late years in the Lothians has been frequently commented 
upon. 
CotumBa @NAS (Gmel.). Stock-Dove. 
Provinees, If. IL. TY. Va, VAIL. TX. xX. 
Subprovinces 4-18, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23. 
Lat. 50°-54°.. “Germanic” (or “English” ) type. Not in 
Ireland. 
There is a peculiarity in the distribution of this bird, since it 
seems to be absent during the breeding-season from several of 
the south-western counties, in which, and even in Dorsetshire, 
it appears chiefly as a winter visitor. Still there is good autho- 
rity for its breeding in Gloucester (Rev. F. J. Scott), Hereford, 
