. The birds of Iona & Mull. Birds. 82 THE BIRDS OP lONA AND MULL. frequenting the same localities and roosting in the same cave until driven oif by some cause. I have watched marked birds doing so; especially last summer, I was observing a large white male Pigeon, which had evidently escaped from the cot; he took to himself a little wild mate, and reared a brood in one of the caves I made a duty of destroying his family, which was easily done, as they were marked birds,. but he himself, though of such a conspicuous colour, always contrived to escape. He became very wary from being pursued,
. The birds of Iona & Mull. Birds. 82 THE BIRDS OP lONA AND MULL. frequenting the same localities and roosting in the same cave until driven oif by some cause. I have watched marked birds doing so; especially last summer, I was observing a large white male Pigeon, which had evidently escaped from the cot; he took to himself a little wild mate, and reared a brood in one of the caves I made a duty of destroying his family, which was easily done, as they were marked birds,. but he himself, though of such a conspicuous colour, always contrived to escape. He became very wary from being pursued, and I remarked that he always frequented the same cave, till he received a random shot, after which I lost sight of him for a considerable time; but I found him at last, located upon the other side of the island, where he remained till his Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Graham, Henry Davenport, l825-1872. Edinburgh, D. Douglas
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