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Smith : Turtle Dove in Yorkshire. 
1908 
Turtle Doves arrived 
on South Coast April 
24 ; 
Yorkshire May 
1 1 
1909 
do. 
do. 
April 
28 
do. 
May 
1 
1910 
do. 
do.* 
April 
19 
do. 
May 
17 
1911 
do. 
do. 
April 
18 
do. 
May 
12 
1912 
do. 
do. 
April 
13 
do. 
May 
7 
I have, with the help of Mr. Zimmerman, obtained a few 
details from the records of the York Naturalists’ Society, and 
tabulate them below : — 
1908 A nest with. 2 eggs was seen at Crayke, Easingwold, on June 5th, 
and the female was sitting at the time of the discovery. — V.Z. 
1909 A turtle dove was seen at Sandburn on April 30th. — S.H.S. 
and a nest with two eggs was found at Shipton. — V.Z. 
1910 A turtle dove was seen at Skipwith on May 12th. — S.H.S. 
19 1 1 A pair of turtle doves at Castle Howard on May 13th. — E. W. 
Taylor. 
1912 A pair of turtle doves at Skipwith on April 27th, and a small 
party was observed at Aldby Park on April 29th. — S.H.S. 
1913 No record. 
1914 A pair of turtle doves and their nest and eggs at Skipwith on 
May 17th. — -V.Z. 
1915 A pair of turtle doves at Sandburn on April 23rd.- — V .Z. 
1916 A nest and eggs at Escrick on May 8th, and nests with eggs at 
Moreby Park, Stillingfleet Wood, and Moorlands Wood, Skelton. 
—V.Z. 
1917 No record. 
1918 A nest with young birds at Skelton, and nests and eggs at Alne 
Park, and Sutton on Forest. — V.Z. 
1919 No record. 
1920 A nest with young at Sandburn. — V.Z. 
1921 A nest with young at Sandburn on June 20th. — V.Z. 
A nest with young at Dunnington, on June 29th. — V.Z. 
A nest with one young bird at Newton Kyme on July 1st.— V.Z. 
A turtle dove was seen in Bramham Park on August 6th, 
V.Z. Several turtle doves were seen near Skelton early in 
May, and on May 16th a nest with two eggs was found by 
G. Howard. 
I saw a pair of turtle doves at Dunnington on June 3rd, 
one at Thormanby on June nth, one at Stillington on June 
12th, and one at Raskelf on September 1st. On June 8th, 
Mr. Riley Fortune saw four turtle doves in a turnip field at 
Allerton Park, and states that there is an undoubted tendency 
on the part of this species to extend its range into Yorkshire. 
Mr. H. B. Booth informs me that the species is a very rare 
visitor to the Ilkley district ; he has, however, heard it in 
Harewood Park, and states that twenty-five years ago it 
bred in good numbers just south of Wakefield. 
Mr. W. G. Clarke, speaking for the Scarborough neigh- 
bourhood, says that turtle doves have been increasingly 
plentiful during the past summer, and are extending their 
range in all directions, the number steadily multiplying for 
several years, this increase being noticeable as far north as 
Whitby. • 
* One only on March 31st. 
Naturalist 
