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the middle of May makes use of any convenient hole to deposit its 
eges, which are white and from six to ten in number. Its common 
name is derived from its singular habit of twisting and stretching its 
neck. 
Norfolk, July. 
Presented by Lord Walsingham. 
No. 80. WOOD-PIGEON. (Columba palumbus.) 
A resident in the British Islands, where it is generally distributed in 
wooded districts and commonly known as the Ring-Dove, Cushat, or 
Queest. Of recent years its numbers have greatly increased and every 
park and most of the larger gardens in London are now frequented by 
this species. In winter immense flights arrive on the east coast from 
the Continent and augment the hordes of these voracious birds, which 
cause serious loss to agriculturists. The nest, a slightly built platform 
of twigs, is placed on the branches of almost any kind of tree or bush, 
and frequently in thick ivy on cliffs and old walls. Two or three broods 
are reared annually, the first pair of white eggs being generally laid in 
February or March, and in favourable seasons nests containing eggs or 
young birds may be found during every month of the year. 
Norfolk, June. 
Presented by Lord Walsingham. 
No. 81. TURTLE-DOVE. (‘urtur turtur.) 
A summer visitor to the British Islands, generally arriving about 
the beginning of May and departing in September. Its numbers seem 
to be yearly increasing and it is now found in many localities in which 
it was formerly scarce or entirely absent. The flat, slightly constructed 
nest of twigs is placed in a thick bush or on the branch of a tree, usually 
at no great height from the ground, and the two white eggs are laid 
towards the end of May. 
Nortolk, July. 
Presented by Lord Walsingham. 
No. 82. ROCK-DOVE. (Columba livia.) 
Common along the rocky coasts in the north of Great Britain and Ire- 
land where caves and deep fissures exist and afford suitable resorts. The 
nest is generally placed, as in the present instance, on the ledge of some 
