446 Field Museum of Natural History — Zoology, Vol. IX. 



Illinois, early in September, 1893, and Mr. Ferry has a female specimen 

 in his collection killed at Lake Forest, Illinois, August 7, 1895. 



The following are among the late records given by Mr. Otto Wid- 

 mann of its occurrence in Missouri. 



"1894, April 15. Mr. E. S. Currier sent ten pigeons to Keokuk, his 

 first since 1888. 



1896, May 19. The same sees one among doves, and again one 

 October 18, of the same year. 



1896, September 17. Mr. W. Praeger shoots a male near Keokuk. 



1896, December 17. Out of a flock of fifty near Attick, Oregon 

 Co., Mo., Mr. Chas. U. Holden, Jr., kills a pair and sends them in the 

 flesh to Mr. R. Deane of Chicago. 



1897, August 17. A flock of 75-100 is seen twenty-five miles west 

 of our state line in Johnson Co., Neb. 



1902, September 26. Last seen at New Haven by Dr. Eimbech." 

 (Birds of Missouri, 1907, p. 84.) 



The nest is composed of sticks and twigs built in a tree. The eggs 

 are white, one or two in number (often only one), and measure about 

 1.45 X 1.05 inches. 



Genus ZENAIDURA Bonap. 



148. Zenaidura macroura carolinensis (Linn.). 



Mourning Dove. 

 Zenaidura macroura (Linn.), A. O. U. Check List, 1895, p. 121 

 Distr.: United States and southern Canada, Central America 



and West Indies; breeds throughout its range. 



Adult male: Upper plumage, grayish brownish olive; crown, slate 



color, shading into vinaceous on the forehead, a purplish black spot 



Mourning Dove. 



