142 On the Distribution of Birds in Great Britain. 



Whitbarrow Scar; and Mr. J. B. Hodgkinson has found its nest 

 occasionally in Cumberland : it breeds also in the Isle of Man, 

 as I learn from my obliging cori-espondent Mr. J. F. Crellin. 



The Eock-Dove is numerous in many localities along the 

 west coast of Scotland, especially in the isles, and abounds in 

 the Outer Hebrides, in Orkney, and in Shetland, and, though 

 less numerous on the east side of Scotland, breeds regularly in 

 Caithness, Elgin, Banff, and in a few localities in Aberdeenshire, 

 at Down Castle, Stirling {Mr. J. Murray), in the Isle of Man, 

 on the Bass Rock, and at Fast Castle, Berwickshire. 



On the east coast of England, the Rock-Dove breeds only at 

 Flamborough ; it also breeds in a few rocky valleys or inland 

 cliffs in Derby, York, Leicester, Stafford, Shropshire, and 

 Somerset. 



Like the Dartford-Warbler, the Rock-Dove on the European 

 continent is quite a southern species. 



TuETUR AURiTUs [G. R. Gray). Turtle-Dove. 

 Provinces I.-V. VI. ? VIII. X. 

 Subprovinces 2, 3, 4-15, 17?, 19, 23, 24. 

 Lat. 50°-54° or 55°. " English " (or " Germanic ") type. 



Breeds in South Devon occasionally, and Somerset ; regularly 

 in Gloucester, and perhaps also in Pembroke ; regularly in Here- 

 fordshire, Shropshire, and Stafford : in the last two counties it 

 is rare ; in Derbyshire occasionally {Mr. J. J. Briggs) ; in 

 Cheshire very rarely {Mr. J. F. Brockholes), and in the south 

 of Yorkshire {Mr. Eeid). To the east and south of this line, 

 the Turtle-Dove nests in all the midland and southern counties, 

 but is described as scarce in Lincolnshire. 



Dr. Heysham records that a young bird was once taken in 

 Cumberland, where the species is very rarely seen; and the 

 Rev. H. B. Tristram tells me that the nest has once been found 

 as far north as Durham. Yarrell says that the Turtle-Dove is 

 found in Lancashire, and is not uncommon in Cornwall ; but I 

 have not been able to obtain any evidence of its breeding in 

 either of these counties. It seems also safer to consider the 

 locality of South Wales uncertain for the present. 

 [To be continued.] 



