STOCK DOVE, or WOOD PIGEON. 



Stock Dove, or Wood Pigeon : in oppofition to the 

 other, which breeds in holes of rocks, fleeples, and 

 towers. Thofe are refldent in this kingdom : the 

 former generally migratory : a few breed in the 

 woods in Sujfex, * and perhaps other fouthern parts 

 of Great Britain. Their eggs have been hatched 

 under tame Pigeons ; but the young, as foon as 

 they could fly, have betook themfelves to their 

 favage ftate. Thefe perch on trees : the true Wild 

 or Rock Pigeon rarely or never. It has alio 

 marks different: in particular the lower part of 

 the back, and the rump, are never of any other 

 color than white. Yet, as Pigeons are frequently 

 feen among our tame flocks, with grey back and 

 rumps, it is highly probable, that notwithstanding 

 the above experiment may fometimes fail, yet 

 both kinds may have contributed to Hock our 

 pigeon-houfes. 



Gentlemen who have pigeon-houfes near feme 

 of the lofty cliffs which impend over the fea, fel- 

 dom preferve the pigeons in them the whole year : 

 tempted by food, they will vifit and continue 

 fometime in the houfe, but ufually fly to the rocks 

 to breed. 

 Michation The Stock Doves migrate into the fouth of 

 England, in great multitudes, mNevem^eti and 

 while the beech woods were fuffered to cover 

 large tracts of ground, came in myriads, reaching 

 in firings of a mile in length, when they went in 



* Mr. lat bam Rivet t. 



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