BIRD NOTES in 



and by eleven o'clock he had secured 140, which he 

 assures me he sold at one shilling each male, and 

 twopence each female. 



FLIGHTS OF WOOD-PIGEONS 



A marked increase in the numbers of the Wood 

 Pigeon (Columba palumbus) has taken place in 

 Norfolk, attributable, Stevenson says, "in a great 

 degree to the extension of our fir plantations, added 

 to their immunity at the present time from the 

 attacks of their natural enemies, crows, magpies, 

 and hawks, now almost exterminated as residents 

 amongst us, through the strict preservation of game." 

 Numbers build in the neighbouring country. The coo 

 of the Ringdove is perhaps the most familiar sound 

 to be heard in the wooded surroundings of the 

 Broadlands, and the noisy flip-flap of its wings is 

 frequently heard as one moves along by the country 

 roadside. At all periods of the year, even when the 

 close season has made the market bare of wildfowl, 

 Wood-Pigeons are common objects of the country- 

 men's stall. There can be no doubt that our home- 

 bred birds roam widely in search of food ; whilst 

 arrivals from the north of Europe add largely to 



