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130. COLUMBA TURTUR, Linnaeus. Turtle Dove. 



A spring visitant, and can only be considered a rare 

 and occasional wanderer into North Lincolnshire. 

 I have no notice of its breeding with us, although 

 Mr. Adrian, of Lincoln, informs me that it nests 

 every year in the neighbourhood of that city ; he has 

 received them in the nesting-season from Ashby, 

 Carlton, Colby, Waddington, and other places. In 

 East Yorkshire it is equally scarce. On October 2nd, 

 1863, a mature female was shot at Catwick, and came 

 into the possession of Mr. Boulton (Zoologist, p. 8887) ; 

 on the 18th of November, 1865, an immature male 

 at Cliff near Beverley (Zoologist, s.s. p. 96) ; and on 

 June llth, 1867, Mr. ' Richardson, of Beverley, re- 

 ceived a female shot at Leven near that town (Zoolo- 

 gist, s.s. p. 543). 



RASOEES. PHASIANID&. 



131. PHASIANUS COLCHICUS, Linnseus. Pheasant. 



The pure old breed untainted by any cross is now 

 seldom met with, excepting in a few localities furthest 

 removed from the great centres of game-preserving. 

 With these few exceptions our resident birds are a 

 mixed race, exhibiting in a greater or less degree the 

 cross between the old English bird and the Ring- 

 neck (P. torquatus). 



Pheasants are capable of a long sustained flight ; 

 I have met with several instances of their crossing 



