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THE TURTLE-DOVE. 



Tiirtur comrtiunis Selby. 



The first immigration o£ the Turtle-Dove began on April 

 the 28th, when it was noted at the Hants lights. The birds 

 seem to have spread over Hants and the counties to the 

 east as far as Essex and Suffolk during the lirst twelve days 

 o£ May, the numbers from these and the adjacent counties 

 showing a gradual increase during that period. 



After slowly spreading inland from their various points of 

 arrival, the birds seem to have travelled west and north-west, 

 and reached Somerset on May the 2nd, Worcester on the 3rd, 

 Cambridge on the 5th, Derby on the 6th, Shropshire on the 

 7th, South Wales on the 9th, Mid-Wales and Yorkshire on 

 the 10th, and North Wales on the 13th. 



A somewhat larger arrival than usual seems to have taken 

 place along the whole coast from Dorset to Suffolk on the 

 12th and 13th, and the numbers in some of the adjoining 

 counties show an increase during the following days. 



The third immigration occurred on May the 17th along the 

 coast from Hants to Essex, and the birds, as before, travelled 

 mainly in a north-westerly direction. They reached Berkshire, 

 Buckinghamshire, and Wiltshire on the following day, and 

 Suffolk, Norfolk, Shropshire, and Radnor on the 21st. 



By May the 27th they were reported as nesting in the 

 eastern counties. 



A further arrival may have taken place to the west of 

 Hants at the end of the month, but if so, the birds do 

 not appear to have spread inland, for the records do not 

 show anv movement. 



