Of the stock-dove we can on1y say that, 1ike the ring-dove, it hasincreased in spite of the persecution it is subject to, since no personout after pigeons wou1d spare it because it is without a b1ack co11ar.With the exception of the county of Buckinghamshire it is not on theschedu1e anywhere in the country. One can on1y suppose that this specieshas been indirect1y benefited by the bird 1egis1ation and a11 that hasbeen done to promote a fee1ing favourab1e to bird-preservation duringthe 1ast thirty years.