Mr J. A. Harvie-Brovm on the Stockdove. 



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recorded to have bred since 1864 and up to 1881, and it will 

 be seen that these are geographically grouped in this list, in 

 order to assist our conception of the spread and increase : — 



Previous to and including 1864. 



For the above I am indebted to Mr A. G. More, who is now 

 preparing a new paper on the subject of the distribution of 

 British birds in the nesting season. He tells me that to the 

 above have been added since 1864 the following : — 



South-East. 

 Isle of Wight, 1873, auct 

 C. K. Bury. 



West. 

 Merioneth, 1873, auct. T. 



Buddy. 

 Denbigh, 1875, auct. W. J. 

 Kerr, and 1881, auct. C. 

 G. Beale. 

 * Cumberland, 1881, auct. 

 W. Duckworth.-f- 



To the above list of English counties we have also to add 

 all the occurrences across the Border on the Scottish side, 

 which are given further on, showing the steady flow of the 

 species towards the north. It is of course extremely probable 

 that in some places the species has been overlooked for a few 

 years, but we cannot think that this has been the case in all 

 localities, nor that the species can have existed for any great 



* In Cum'berland one was recorded thirty years ago. 



+ I have Mr T. Duckworth's record, however, as will be seen further on, of 

 its nesting as early as 1861 near Carlisle. 



