

PLATE I 

 ROCK DOVE. Columba lima 



June 1896, lona. The Plate shows a cave in the island of lona, in which I 

 found two pairs of Rock Doves nesting. When there is a strong south-west 

 wind blowing the waves roar into the cave, and the spray is dashed right up 

 into the roof of the cave ; indeed, I wondered that the nests were never washed 

 away. The birds had apparently reared their young there for some time, as the 

 nests were evidently repaired year after year, and had a good solid foundation. 

 In one locality in Mull, where I used to see numbers of Rock Doves, I 

 found only a single pair, and one of the fishermen told me they had all gone 

 away after the severe winter of 1895. 



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