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between the dashings of the wave, and the roarings of 

 the blast. The rock-dove is found on all the desolate 

 shores of the north of Scotland, and the rocks and 



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caverns of Orkney and Shetland are the breeding 

 and roosting resorts of innumerable birds of this 

 species. Selby mentions, that they are found in the 

 cliffy regions of Caldy Island, in South Wales ; and 

 they are said to breed on some parts of the Devon- 

 shire and Cornwall shores. 



Of the woodpigeon generally w'e may say, that 

 the species has greatly decreased of late years, both 



