286 OUR SUMMER MIGRANTS. 



occasions the Turtle- Dove has been found in 

 Orkney/ 



On the continent of Europe this bird seems 

 to be confined chiefly to the central and southern 

 parts, and does not reach Scandinavia or Russia. 

 But in France, Spain, and the countries border- 

 ing the Mediterranean, it is very common in 

 summer. Its winter haunts are in North 

 Africa; and in Egypt and Nubia it is especially 

 abundant. Capt. Shelley says that it frequently 

 breeds there.* In the neighbourhood of Tan- 

 gier vast flocks arrive from the interior in April 

 and May to cross the Straits of Gibraltar,^ and 

 on reaching Andalusia afford considerable diver- 

 sion to the Spanish sportsmen, who kill large 

 numbers by lying in wait for them. 



Mr. Thompson, when proceeding in H. M. S. 

 " Beacon " from Malta to the Morea in the 

 month of April, saw this species on its spring 



^ Baikie and Heddle, "Fauna Orcadensis," p. 55, and 

 Gray, op. cit. p. 223. 

 2 "Birds of Egypt," p. 214. See ante, p. 281. 

 * Irby, " Ornithology of the Straits of Gibraltar," p. 134. 



