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the instances of its capture in the northern counties of 
England, or in one or two instances in Scotland or Ireland, 
being only those of stray birds, which, from some cause or 
other, have exceeded the hmit of their migration. ... In 
the instance, which we communicated to Mr. Yarrell, of 
shooting a specimen in the garden at Jardine Hall, the bird 
had frequented a break of peas, nearly ripe, for several 
days, and at last attracted the attention of the gardener, as 
one not previously known to him. When it was afterwards 
sought for, it was discovered in the same place, rose with 
considerable noise, and alighted on a neighbouring tree, 
whence it was shot. The plumage was that of an immature 
bird."* This specimen was shot in " 1814 or 1815,"t 
presumably in July. Another specimen "shot at Loch- 
rutton Gate, Dumfriesshire, in June, 1870,"{ is in reaUty 
a Kirkcudbrightshire record. Dr. Anstruther Davidson 
writes in 1891 : " About thirty years ago a Turtle-Dove 
was shot near Crawick (Sanquhar), the only instance of its 
occurrence in the district. "§ In answer to my inquiries, 
Dr. Anstruther Davidson wrote me in 1908 that the specimen 
was in the possession of Lindsey, a gamekeeper, when he 
saw it, and that this was all its history as far as he could 
remember. This may be the same specimen as that 
referred to in 1886 by WiUiam Hastings as having been 
shot in the neighbourhood of Sanquhar and sent to him 
"some years ago."|| 
A fine specimen of a male Turtle-Dove was shot early 
in June, 1886, in Tinwald parish ; and the species was 
then described as " very irregular in making its appearance 
in this country, many years passing without one being 
seen or heard of here."T[ This specimen was shot by 
* Nat. Lib., 1842, Vol. XII., pp. 70, 71. 
t Trans. D. and G. Nat. Hist. Soc, May 5th, 1868. 
I Loc. cit. 
§ Hist. Sanquhar, p. 28. 
II Trans. D. and G. Nat. Hist. Soc, November 5th, 1886. 
H Loc. cit. 
