PLATE I 

 STOCK DOVE. Columba anas 



This Plate represents the site of a Stock Dove's nest in Morayshire, quite close 

 to the sea. I found two pairs breeding in this district in 1887, and sent an 

 account of it to my friend J. A. Harvie-Brown of Dunipace; since then the 

 birds have steadily increased, and at the present time (1899) there is quite a 

 large colony among the sandhills. 



