36 RESIDENTS AND MIGRANTS. 



Order III. KASORES. 



Fam. COLUMBIDtE. • 

 EING DOVE or WOOD PIGEON. Columba palumbus, 

 Linnaeus. 



Eesident and generally distributed, migrating in 

 large flocks to the south at the approach of winter. 



STOCK DOVE. Columba cenas, Linnaeus. 



A local resident, migrating to the south in winter. 

 In the difiierent county faunas and local lists to which 

 reference has been made, this species has been variously 

 characterized as follows : — Common throughout the 

 year in Norfolk ; a permanent resident in Leicester- 

 shire ; very common in Shropshire ; resident in Berks 

 and Bucks ; resident iu Middlesex, but more nume- 

 rous in autumn and winter ; resident and common in 

 the New Forest ; resident in Sussex ; rare in Somerset ; 

 a winter visitant in Devon ; rare in Cornwall ; rare 

 winter visitant in the Isle of Wight ; and twice 

 obtained at Scilly. Until recently it seems to have 

 been unknown in Durham, and further north it is 

 extremely rare. It is stated to have been met with 

 in Caithness, and has occurred once in Orkney. It 

 has not been recognized in Ireland. 



EOCK DOVE. Columba livia, Temminck. 



Resident, and in many places plentiful. It is espe- 

 cially abundant along the coast-line of the west of 

 Scotland, and on the Hebrides or Western Isles. 



