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and are known to the fishermen as 'Rock-Doves,' 

 although they are not the true Rock-Dove, C. lima. 

 I will not say that the true Rock-Dove does not 

 occur here, but only that we did not see it between 

 Weymouth and St. Alban's Head, although out every 

 day from morning till night." 



Mr. Harting subsequently procured and reared 

 some young birds from the cliffs near Lulworth, 

 which proved to be Columba cenas. His remarks 

 on the subject will be found in The Field of April 14, 

 1866, p. 317. From this it would seem to be not 

 unlikely that the birds reported by Mr. Thompson 

 of Weymouth as breeding in the cliffs at Whiten ore 

 (the same range of cliffs) were also Columba cenas 

 (or perhaps escaped " Blue-Rocks "), and not, as he 

 supposed, Columba livia. It may be observed that 

 in the Isle of Wight, according to Mr. A. G. More 

 (Venables' " Guide to the Isle of Wight," p. 43 1), the 

 Rock-Dove is stated to be "a rare winter visitor," 

 which would hardly be the case if it bred commonly 

 in the cliffs of Dorsetshire. 



TURTLE-DOVE. Turtur communis, Selby. 



Yarrell, iii. p. 21 ; Ibis List, p. 139 ; Turtur auritus, Harting, 

 p. 37; Seebohm, ii. p. 411; Turtur vulgaris, Dresser, vii. 

 p. 39 ; Coluniba turtur, Pulteney's List, p. 7. 



A summer visitant, arriving about the end of 

 April, and leaving in September. Towards the end 

 of the summer it may be seen on the stubbles in 

 small flocks. 



