i?8 THE BliRDS OF SUSSEX. 



in front of the house at Oakendean^ in the same parish^ as well 

 as in holes in the elms of the rookery there, and in some ash 

 pollards near the house. Its food is similar to that of the Ring- 

 Dove. Gilbert White says that it is particularly partial to 

 barley. 



Mr. Booth, in his ' Rough Notes,' states that he found 

 young Stock-Doves in a Squirrel's drey, in Balcombe Forest, 

 and that they resort to rabbit burrows in the slopes of the 

 South Downs, and to holes in the face of the chalk pits of 

 Seeding and Offham. Mr. Jeffery, in his P. N., says that 

 it breeds in Stoke Park, and in the old yew trees at Kingly 

 Vale. 



It is of late years much more diffused over the county than 

 formerly, assembliag in large flocks in the winter. It does 

 not coo, but utters a prolonged rumbling sound. 



Mr. J. H. Gumey, in Transactions of the Norfolk and 

 Norwich Naturalists' Society, vol. iii. p. 173, says : — "The 

 Stock-Dove breeds in the cliffs of Fairlight. I was sure of 

 this in 1879, having frequently seen Pigeons fly out of the 

 clifEs, but could never be certain if they were Stock-Doves 

 or Tame Pigeons j but this year I saw them near enough to 

 be quite certain about them, and should say that there were 

 three or four pair nesting between the Glen of Ecclesboume 

 and the Glen of Fairlight. At Hurstmonceaux Castle, where 

 they also breed, and where there is a large garden, I am told 

 they do great harm to the young cabbages." 



ROCK-DOVE. 



Colvmha livia. 



I DOUBT whether the Rock-Dove ever breeds in Sussex, the 

 deep caves agreeable to its habits not existing ia our cliffs. 



