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  Gight 
  on 
  the 
  Ythan, 
  nor 
  have 
  they 
  penetrated 
  far 
  inland 
  from 
  the 
  

   sandhills 
  of 
  St. 
  Fergus, 
  or 
  other 
  east-coast 
  haunts 
  in 
  'Dee,' 
  and 
  at 
  

   present 
  the 
  population 
  of 
  these 
  birds 
  is 
  at 
  least 
  ten 
  times 
  more 
  

   extensive 
  at 
  ' 
  Moray 
  ' 
  localities 
  than 
  in 
  1 
  Dee 
  ' 
  (i.e. 
  in 
  1895). 
  

  

  Columba 
  livia, 
  Bunno.t. 
  Rock 
  Dove. 
  

  

  Local 
  Name. 
  — 
  Doo. 
  

  

  Besides 
  the 
  Ord 
  of 
  Caithness, 
  the 
  Rock 
  Dove 
  occurs 
  in 
  the 
  caves 
  

   on 
  the 
  Sutors 
  of 
  Cromarty. 
  Brown 
  says 
  it 
  is 
  common 
  at 
  Forres, 
  

   frequenting 
  the 
  rocks 
  on 
  the 
  Findhorn. 
  This, 
  however, 
  probably 
  

   refers 
  to 
  the 
  Stock 
  Dove, 
  as 
  this 
  latter 
  bird 
  is 
  called 
  Rock 
  Dove 
  

   about 
  Cawdor 
  (vide 
  Stock 
  Dove). 
  

  

  Edward 
  says 
  a 
  few 
  pairs 
  breed 
  in 
  the 
  caverns 
  of 
  the 
  cliffs. 
  

   [One 
  named 
  Rock 
  Dove, 
  which 
  we 
  saw 
  in 
  the 
  Banff 
  Museum 
  in 
  

   1891, 
  is 
  a 
  tame 
  Dovecot 
  Pigeon. 
  Perhaps 
  it 
  is 
  still 
  so 
  named.] 
  

   Smith 
  only 
  reported 
  it 
  at 
  Gamrie, 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  coast 
  — 
  i.e. 
  west- 
  

   wards 
  from 
  Gamrie 
  — 
  not 
  being 
  suitable. 
  The 
  statement 
  that 
  

   Rock 
  Doves 
  breed 
  among 
  the 
  Correen 
  Hills 
  is 
  in 
  all 
  probability 
  an 
  

   error. 
  Mr. 
  Sim 
  went 
  there 
  on 
  purpose 
  to 
  ascertain, 
  and 
  found 
  

   only 
  the 
  Common 
  Cushat. 
  The 
  Correen 
  Hills 
  are 
  really 
  within 
  

   the 
  area 
  of 
  Dee. 
  We 
  notice 
  this 
  side-light 
  here, 
  however, 
  because, 
  

   as 
  will 
  be 
  seen 
  under 
  our 
  last 
  species, 
  the 
  Stock 
  Dove 
  assuredly 
  

   breeds 
  high 
  up 
  in 
  the 
  Cam 
  district, 
  as 
  Hinxman 
  has 
  made 
  certain 
  

   of. 
  Of 
  course 
  we 
  know 
  they 
  also 
  breed 
  in 
  similar 
  locations 
  far 
  up 
  

   the 
  valley 
  of 
  the 
  Forth, 
  and 
  there 
  may 
  be 
  still 
  a 
  possibility 
  that 
  a 
  

   pair 
  or 
  two 
  misnamed 
  1 
  Rock 
  Doves 
  1 
  may 
  occupy 
  similar 
  sites 
  in 
  

   the 
  Correen 
  range. 
  We 
  may 
  safely, 
  however, 
  leave 
  this 
  to 
  be 
  

   decided 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Sim. 
  We 
  certainly 
  do 
  know 
  of 
  real 
  1 
  Blue 
  Rocks 
  1 
  

   nesting 
  in 
  ravines, 
  inland 
  in 
  West 
  Ross, 
  but 
  these 
  ravines 
  communi- 
  

   cate 
  directly 
  with 
  the 
  sea, 
  and 
  we 
  are 
  not 
  aware 
  of 
  any 
  localities 
  

   where 
  Rock 
  Doves 
  nestle 
  at 
  far 
  inland 
  sites 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  coast 
  of 
  

   the 
  northern 
  and 
  eastern 
  districts 
  of 
  Scotland. 
  

  

  Turtur 
  communis, 
  »sv%. 
  Turtle 
  Dove. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  not 
  a 
  common 
  visitant 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  of 
  our 
  present 
  area. 
  

   On 
  September 
  21st, 
  1891, 
  Mr. 
  Houstoun 
  writes 
  us 
  that 
  he, 
  on 
  the 
  

  

  