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scattering, retreat in twos and threes beyond the surrounding pine 

 trees. 



[Author's note: A comprehensive and interesting study of the 

 fall migration of the mourning clove has been published recently by 

 William B. Taber, jr. (1930), to which the reader is referred. F. 0. 

 Lincoln (1930) proves the migratory status of the mourning doves 

 from evidence obtained from returns from banded birds.] 



DISTRIBUTION 



Range. — North America, Central America, and the West Indies. 



Breeding range. — The mourning dove breeds north to British 

 Columbia (Chilliwack and Okanagan Landing) ; Saskatchewan 

 (Qu'Appelle) ; Manitoba (Aweme, Portage la Prairie, and Winni- 

 peg) ; Michigan (Newberry, Mackinac Island, Hillman, and Zion) ; 

 Ontario (Sarnia, Plover Mills, Guelph, Toronto, and Brighton) ; 

 Vermont (Burlington) ; and New Hampshire (Concord and Hamp- 

 ton Falls). East to New Hampshire (Hampton Falls and Sea- 

 brook) ; Massachusetts (Boxford, Boston, North Truro, and Woods 

 Hole) ; New York (Shelter Island and Yaphank) ; New Jersey (Red 

 Bank, Spring Lake, and Sea Isle City) ; Delaware (Lincoln) ; Mary- 

 land (Cambridge) ; Virginia (Wallops Island and Spottsville) ; 

 North Carolina (Beaufort and Fort Macon) ; South Carolina (Wav- 

 erly Mills, Mount Pleasant, St. James Island, and Hilton Head) ; 

 Georgia (Savannah, Macintosh, Cumberland, and St. Marys) ; Flor- 

 ida (St. Augustine, Fruitland Park, Longwood, and Fort Mj^ers) ; 

 the Bahamas (Abaco Island, Eleuthera Island, Long Island, and 

 Bird Rock) ; and Haiti (Monte Cristi, La Vega, Mahiel, and San 

 Cristobal). South to Haiti (San Cristobal and Port au Prince); 

 Cuba (Trinidad, La Ceiba, and McKinley) ; and central Mexico 

 (Aquas Calientes and Las Penas). West to Mexico (Las Penas and 

 probably San Bias) ; Lower California (Comondu, San Quintin Bay, 

 and probably Todos Santos Island) ; California (San Clement e 

 Island, Santa Catalina Island, Santa Cruz Island, San Francisco. 

 Napa, Cahto, and Eureka) ; Oregon (Elkton, Eugene, Corvallis, and 

 Portland) ; Washington (Yakima, Seattle, and Bellingham) ; and 

 British Columbia (Chilliwack). 



Whiter range. — In winter doves are found with regularity north 

 to California (San Geronimo) ; central Arizona (Fort Verde) ; 

 Colorado (Navajo Springs and Pueblo) ; Nebraska (Lincoln) ; Iowa 

 (Wiota, Ames, and Sabula); Illinois (Rantoul) ; Indiana (Cam- 

 den) ; southern Michigan (Manchester) ; Ohio (Oberlin and Cleve- 

 land) ; Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) ; and New Jersey (Morristown 

 and Englewood). East to New Jersey (Englcwood and Newfield) ; 

 Virginia (Wallops Island and Bowershill) ; Bermuda; North Caro- 



