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April 8, Lake Winnipegosis, April 14, Greenridge, April 17, and 

 Ossowo, April 18. 



Fall migration. — Late dates of fall departure are: Manitoba, 

 Mount Royal, September 15, and Aweme, September 21 ; Minnesota, 

 Lake Andrews, September 28, Lanesboro, October 5, and Zumbrota, 

 November 15; Wisconsin, Delavan, September 8, and Kelley Brook, 

 September 16; Iowa, Williamstown, September 27, and Keokuk, 

 October 18; Ontario, Ottawa, September 3, and Toronto, October 22; 

 Michigan, Ann Arbor, October 12, and Newberry, October 24; 

 Ohio, Wayne County, September 19 ; Indiana (probably occasionally 

 wintered), Bloomington, September 28; Illinois (occasionally win- 

 tered in southern part), Virden, October 5; Kentucky, Casky, Octo- 

 ber 30; Quebec, Montreal, September 15, and Valley River Rouge, 

 October 7; New Hampshire, Acworth, October 10; Massachusetts 

 (rarely wintered), Worcester, September 25, and Plymouth, October 

 16; Connecticut (rarely wintered), East Hartford, October 19; Rhode 

 Island, Newport, October 19 ; New York, Ossining, October 1, Croton 

 Falls, October 16, Locust Valley, November 4, and Orange Lake, 

 November 17; New Jersey, Morristown, September 16, and New 

 Providence, November 12; Pennsylvania (occasionally wintered), 

 Linden, October 5, Monroe County, October 25, and Wayne County, 

 November 2; Maryland (occasionally wintered), Laurel, October 11; 

 Virginia, Dunn Loring, October 19; and West Virginia, French 

 Creek, October 20. 



Egg dates. — Saskatchewan and Manitoba: 6 records, May 21 to 

 June 23. Minnesota and Wisconsin : 11 records, May 5 to September 

 10 ; 6 records, May 20 to 30. 



ZENAIDURA MACROURA CAROLINENSIS (Linnaeus) 

 EASTERN MOURNING DOVE 



HABITS 



Contributed by Winsor Mabeett Tyleb 



The mourning dove must have been one of the first birds that 

 attracted the attention of the early settlers when this country was 

 new and wild. They must have recognized the bird as not far 

 removed from some of the Old-World species of pigeons, and its 

 notes must have recalled to them their old home. The writers of these 

 times speak of the bird familiarly, especially as a game bird that 

 relieved the hardships of pioneer life. 



At the present time, in the Northern States, protected as a song 

 bird, it adds a quiet dignity to our avifauna, while in the Southern 

 States it is a common, tame, almost a dooryard bird and a gleaner 

 of fields, except when, during the hunting season, it is shot for food 



