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  BIRDS. 
  

  

  spread 
  northwards 
  along 
  our 
  east 
  coast 
  after 
  its 
  first 
  appearance 
  

   in 
  Scotland, 
  simultaneously 
  a 
  decrease 
  of 
  their 
  numbers 
  became 
  

   apparent 
  at 
  the 
  centres 
  of 
  their 
  former 
  distribution, 
  as 
  we 
  believe 
  

   we 
  may 
  look 
  upon 
  the 
  south-eastern 
  counties 
  of 
  England 
  as 
  the 
  

   cradle 
  of 
  the 
  race, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  Great 
  Britain 
  is 
  concerned. 
  

  

  We 
  think 
  it 
  desirable 
  in 
  this 
  place 
  to 
  shortly 
  summarise 
  its 
  

   history 
  as 
  a 
  breeding 
  species 
  in 
  Scotland. 
  Passing 
  over 
  the 
  steps 
  

   of 
  advance 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  through 
  the 
  English 
  counties, 
  which 
  will 
  

   be 
  found 
  partially 
  detailed 
  in 
  the 
  paper 
  above 
  referred 
  to, 
  we 
  

   come 
  to 
  the 
  southern 
  districts 
  of 
  Scotland. 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  records 
  of 
  the 
  Stock 
  Dove 
  in 
  Scotland 
  are 
  of 
  quite 
  

   recent 
  date. 
  Gray, 
  whilst 
  doubting 
  an 
  early 
  Caithness 
  record 
  

   (Proc. 
  Royal 
  Phys. 
  Soc, 
  Edinburgh, 
  vol. 
  ii. 
  p. 
  334, 
  q.v.), 
  accepts 
  

   a 
  later 
  one 
  by 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  Reid 
  of 
  Wick, 
  when 
  a 
  specimen 
  was 
  

   obtained 
  at 
  Deerness, 
  Orkney, 
  on 
  12th 
  October 
  1861. 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  J. 
  

   Dalgleish 
  then 
  follows 
  the 
  record 
  with 
  two 
  more 
  from 
  the 
  district 
  

   of 
  Culross 
  and 
  Tulliallan 
  ('Forth 
  area') 
  in 
  1878, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  B. 
  

   Brooks 
  ' 
  first 
  observed 
  the 
  Stock 
  Dove 
  about 
  1875 
  or 
  1874' 
  (v. 
  Ibis 
  

   1879, 
  p. 
  112), 
  and 
  again 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  place 
  in 
  1879 
  — 
  viz., 
  the 
  

   upper 
  Tay 
  valley. 
  

  

  Further 
  extensions 
  then 
  took 
  place, 
  the 
  species 
  penetrating 
  up 
  

   the 
  larger 
  river-valleys, 
  to 
  Gartmore 
  (Forth, 
  Harvie-Brown), 
  Carse 
  

   of 
  Gowrie 
  (Tay, 
  Colonel 
  Drummond 
  Hay), 
  increasing 
  rapidly 
  as 
  a 
  

   spring 
  migrant 
  and 
  settler 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  April 
  1881, 
  but 
  rarer 
  

   in 
  1882; 
  and 
  so 
  from 
  that 
  time 
  forward 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  

   annually 
  increased 
  in 
  Berwickshire 
  and 
  Dumfriesshire, 
  and 
  in 
  

   the 
  south-west 
  of 
  Scotland, 
  and 
  reached 
  far 
  up 
  the 
  eastern 
  side 
  

   of 
  Scotland. 
  

  

  So 
  far 
  then 
  did 
  we 
  treat 
  of 
  the 
  subject 
  at 
  the 
  date 
  of 
  Harvie- 
  

   Brown's 
  paper 
  in 
  1883. 
  We 
  now 
  take 
  up 
  the 
  tale 
  during 
  the 
  

   subsequent 
  years 
  to 
  1892, 
  when 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  seen 
  with 
  what 
  marvel- 
  

   lous 
  rapidity 
  the 
  Stock 
  Dove 
  has 
  populated 
  the 
  Laigh 
  of 
  Moray. 
  

  

  Of 
  our 
  western 
  or 
  south-western 
  areas 
  we 
  need 
  not 
  say 
  much, 
  

   except 
  that 
  they 
  have, 
  after 
  coming 
  from 
  Cumberland 
  and 
  populat- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  area 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  Solway, 
  greatly 
  increased 
  in 
  numbers, 
  as 
  

   we 
  are 
  assured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  J. 
  Armistead 
  of 
  the 
  Solway 
  Fisheries. 
  1 
  

  

  1 
  Be 
  it 
  understood 
  that 
  in 
  thus 
  reviewing 
  the 
  advance 
  it 
  is 
  — 
  if 
  an 
  extensive 
  side- 
  

   light 
  — 
  still 
  one 
  which 
  can 
  hardly 
  be 
  dispensed 
  with, 
  if 
  we 
  regard 
  our 
  direct 
  subjects 
  

   of 
  Distribution 
  and 
  Extension, 
  and 
  Migration 
  of 
  Species. 
  

  

  