120 THE BIRDS OF CUMBERLAND. 



county. Since 1875, it has nested commonly in 

 many localities, sometimes nesting in old trees, as 

 at Edenhall ; at others, breeding in clefts of rock, 

 as on the Eden, Lyne, Caldew, and in the lake 

 district ; or, again, frequenting the burrows of 

 rabbits, as among the sandhills of the Ravenglass 

 estuary. Its presence in winter, also, is noticed in 

 many localities in which it formerly occurred only 

 accidentally. 



C. Livia. Rockdove. 



The Rockdove is an extremely local resident, 

 a few pairs breeding in a single locality, on the 

 precipices at Sandwith. The blue Pigeons nesting 

 sparingly on the Eden, Lyne, and in other inland 

 situations, are probably the feral descendants of 

 dovecote Pigeons. 



Genus TURTUR. 



T. Communis. Turtledove. 



The Turtledove is a summer visitant of irregular 

 occurrence. During the present summer (1885), 

 a pair nested near Scotby, their nest containing a 

 single egg on June 2nd. 



Dr. Parker believes, that he found a nest, some^;^ 

 years since, in the Ravenglass district ; and we ob- 

 served a single bird on the edge of Drigg common, 

 on May 29th, 1885, which possibly had a mate in 

 the neighbourhood. 



Adults and young birds have been shot, as well 

 as seen, on sc'^eral occasions, in the north of the 



