DWELLERS IN NESTS. 



PART VI. 



British Doves The Ring-dove and Stock-dove The Rock- 

 dove The Turtle-dove British Game-birds Shooting or 

 taking of Woodcock and Snipe The Capercailzie The 

 Blackcock The Grouse Measurements of the Caper- 

 cailzie, Blackcock, and Grouse The Ptarmigan The 

 Pheasant The Partridge The French Partridge The 

 Quail The Land-rail The Spotted and Little Crakes 

 The Water-rail In the Moonlight Destruction of King- 

 fishers, Herons, and Moor-hens in Fisheries The Moor- 

 hen Moor-hen shooting The Coot. 



FOUR varieties of the dove inhabit this country, 

 viz., the ring-dove, or, as it is more commonly 

 called, the wood- pigeon ; the stock-dove ; the rock- 

 dove ; and the turtle-dove. Of these four, the 

 three first - named are resident ; the last (the 

 turtle-dove) remains with us from the spring to 

 the autumn. 



The ring-dove, otherwise called the wood- 

 pigeon, cushat-dove, quest, is the largest of the 

 four, measuring from sixteen to seventeen inches 

 in length, the stock-dove being smaller, and 

 measuring thirteen inches only. These two birds, 



