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ON THE MORE IMPORTANT ADDITIONS TO OUR 

 KNOWLEDGE OF BRITISH BIRDS SINCE 1899. 



BY 



H. F. WITHERBY and N. F. TICEHURST. 

 Part XIII. 



(Continued from page 87.) 



STOCK-DOVE Columha oe^ias L. S. page 481. 



Durham. — Two nests in drains underground entered by 

 gargoyles in walls (H. B. Tristram, Vict. Hist. Durham, vol. 1). 



Northumberland. — First seen in 1878, now a regular 

 resident (A. Chapman, Bird-Life of the Borders, p. 31.) 



Scotland. — Caithness. — A young bird was shot near 

 Castletown, Thurso, on December 4th, 1901. Believed to 

 be the first record for the county (T. E. Buckley, Ann. S.N.H., 

 1902, p. 53). Ayrshire. — A nest was found near Darvel in 

 May, 1902 (J. Paterson, t.c, 1902, p. 184). Bute.—^ests 

 were found in 1906, {t.c., 1907, p. 199). Shetlands. — One at 

 Halligarth, June 22nd-25th (T. E. Saxby, t.c, 1905, p. 117). 



" I cannot consider their appearance anyw^here on the west 

 side of the backbone of Scotland {i.e., anywhere north of 

 Clyde) as anything but phenomenal " (J. A. Harvie-Brown, 

 Fauna N.W. Highlands and Skye, p. 260). A very full 

 account of its arrival and spread in the east is given in 

 " Fauna of Tay Basin and Strathmore " (pp. 259-266). 



Isle of Man. — Nests in small numbers (P. Ralfe, B. of 

 Isle of Man, p. 178). 



Ireland. — Extending its range. Breeds in Leinster, 

 parts of Ulster and Munster to the Shannon (R. J. Ussher, 

 in litt.). 



TURTLE-DOVE Turtur communis Selby. 



Shropshire. — A marked increase of late years (H. E. 

 Forrest, in litt.). 



Cheshire. — Now steadily increasing in numbers ; it was 

 practically unknown in the county about fifty years ago 

 (Coward and Oldham, B. of Cheshire, p. 180). 



North Wales. — Is spreading westward, especially along 



