COLUMBA (EN AS. 233 



years previously, we noticed considerable numbers near Larache ; 

 but there they were much more wild, though not so shy as in 

 England or Andalucia. In the latter country, about Gibraltar, 

 a few pairs nest in the Cork-wood and other wooded districts ; 

 they are most abundant during the winter months, though I 

 never saw any great quantity. 



Adult. White on outer wing-coverts ; white patch on each side of neck. 

 Young. Without white patch on neck. Length 16-17 inches. 



257. Columba oenas, Linnaeus. The Stock-Dove. 



Moorish. Hamam el Berri (Wild Pigeon). 



The Stock-Dove is neither mentioned by Favier nor Mr. Drake 

 as occurring in Morocco. We found them near the Fondak 

 between Tangier and Tetuan at the same time and place that the 

 Bing-Doves were so abundant, and they are sufficiently common 

 to be known to the Moors there by the above-mentioned name, 

 which, by the way, is the same as that used for the next species, 

 C. lima. They were in some numbers, and we shot one or two 

 for identification, being further informed by the Moors that they 

 nested in holes of trees. They evidently were breeding at that 

 time ; but we failed to discover a nest during the Tery short 

 period that we remained there. We also noticed the Stock-Dove 

 in April near Larache, and Meade-Waldo observed them in 

 March 1894. 



On the Spanish side of the Straits I only observed this species 

 once near Gibraltar, but Arevalo mentions them as - occurring 

 near Malaga. 



The absence of the white patches on the carpal joints of the 

 wings will often serve to distinguish them, when flying, from the 

 King-Dove, independently of their smaller size, while the absence 

 of the white rump equally distinguishes them from the Rock- 

 Dove not that the latter species is usually met with in the same 

 locality. . . . 



Adult. Sides of neck with metallic-green patch ; axillaries grey. 

 Young. Without patch on neck. Length 13 inches. 



