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place of these birds on the 23rd June. It was on the left bank of 

 the Waterhen river, a deep stream which connects Lake Manitoba 

 with Lake Winnipegosis. There were less than a score of nests 

 which were variously placed, some of them less than ten feet from 

 the ground, and not in large trees. They were such flimsy struc- 

 tures that the eggs were clearly seen through the interstices from 

 below, and one old bird was shot as she sat. Only two eggs were 

 taken. 



In the latter part of August and early in September of the same 

 year, on the Swan river, above Livingstone, and also on the upper 

 Assiniboine, we saw large flocks and as food was scarce we shot 

 large numbers for the pot. The low flats along the river were 

 covered with Cornus stolonifera, and on the ripe berries of this 

 shrub they were feeding. 



CXXXIX. ZENAIDURA Bonaparte. 1854. 

 316. Mourning Dove. 



Zenaidura macroura (Linn.) Ridgw. 1885. 



Appears to be becoming common. A few killed every year in 

 Nova Scotia. (Downs.) Several records and captures in Nova 

 Scotia, most often in October. (H. F. Tufts.) Occasionally taken 

 in New Brunswick. (Chamberlain.) Taken at Chateau Richer, 

 Montmorency county; three specimens at Godbout, one at St. 

 Joachim, and one at Quebec. (Dionne.) One killed in the district 

 of Montreal, in June, 1838. (Dr. Hall.) The mourning dove 

 breeds sparingly throughout southern Ontario. (Mcllwraith.) 

 Regular summer resident at Toronto, Ont., never very common. 

 (/. H. Fleming.) I met with this species in Leeds county, Ont., 

 on two occasions and more recently (1903) in the township of Oso, 

 north Frontenac. A few pairs breed there; one nest was placed 

 ^n a large stump. More common to the west of London, Ont., 

 than in its vicinity. Sometimes comes into the outskirts of the 

 city and breeds in gardens. (W. Saunders.) Occasionally seen in 

 winter at Plover Mills, Ont. (R. Elliott.) 



Has become quite common at Aweme, Man., within recent years. 

 Flocks of a hundred or more are not uncommon. (Criddle.) In- 



