This bird generally has to be shot from a boat, and usually on a sea not
as steady as it might be. The pigeons live in the cliff caves, and
disturbance causes them to dash out with a speed and a twist that is
highly productive of sport that is not very fatal to the birds.
It is clear that there are limits to the appreciation of difficulty in
shooting, otherwise these cave rock pigeons would attract all those
shooters who can never get pheasants high enough or fast enough for
them. But they do not. There is certainly a chance of mingling the
pleasures of sport with the pains of sea-sickness, and so an excuse of a
kind for leaving the wild rock pigeon severely alone.