rabbit-burrow under high ash-trees, and in the second 

 between two of the main roots of an elm, without con- 

 cealment of any kind. The name of " Stock " was, as 

 mentioned in ' Yarrell,' no doubt originally applied to the 

 bird on account of its predilection for the hollows, 

 stocks, or stumps of trees for nesting-purposes. A 

 male Stock-Dove in the aviary at Lilford declined to 

 make any amorous advances to various female congeners 

 from the Canaries, but paired at once with an Antwerp 

 Carrier Pigeon : the result was two eggs, from which 

 one bird, exactly resembling its male parent (except in 

 the possession of a somewhat stouter beak), was 

 hatched, but only lived for about three weeks ; the 

 remains of this youngster are now at S. Kensington. 



