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In the grey of the morning I at first mistook them 

 for Black Terns, and was surprised to notice them 

 pitching in the water for food like the Common or 

 Arctic Tern ; the Black usually feeding on insects, 

 which it captures over the water, in the same manner 

 as the Sand Martin. 



The birds were shot after a most tempestuous night, 

 early in the morning of the 26th of May, 1871, on 

 Breydon mudflats. 



TUETLE DOVE. 



Case 204. 



The Turtle Dove is only a summer visitor to our shores, 

 arriving in May and departing early in the autumn. 



Though this bird is occasionally observed in the 

 northern parts of the island, it is most numerous in 

 the southern counties, being particularly abundant in 

 Sussex. 



The specimens in the case were shot at Portslade, 

 near Brighton, during the summer of 1872. 



KING DOVE. 



Case 205. 



Though the present species is a resident in all parts of 

 the British Isles, the immense flocks that are at times 

 met with would lead to the belief that their numbers 

 occasionally receive additions from the Continent. 



The farmers in various parts of the country com- 

 plain of the depredations committed by these birds, and 

 frequently organise societies for their extermination ; 

 but whether their efforts will ever be attended with 



