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Vineyard, November 21; Rhode Island, Block Island, October 22, 

 and South Auburn, November 20; Connecticut, Fairfield, October 

 12; Meriden, October 20; Hartford, October 24; New Haven, Octo- 

 ber 30; and Portland, November 30; and New York, Eochester, 

 October 5 ; Rhinebeck, October 6 ; Geneva, October 12 ; Collins, Octo- 

 ber 19; and Howard, October 24. 



From the fact that mourning doves winter so far north it might 

 be assumed that they do not have an extensive migration. The 

 returns from banded birds, however, indicate that the majority of 

 these birds move in winter well to the south. For example, one 

 banded at Wauwatosa, Wis., on June 6, 1929, was shot in Dale 

 County, Ala., on January 3, 1930, and another banded at Madison, 

 Wis., on April 12, 1929, was recovered at Jennings, La., on December 

 2, 1929. 



The region from Texas east to Georgia is the favored winter home 

 of the species. Eight birds banded at points in Nebraska, Kansas, 

 Minnesota, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio were retaken in 

 Texas; 7 banded in Illinois and Indiana were shot in Louisiana; 10 

 banded in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio were recovered in 

 northern Florida ; 4 banded in Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio were shot 

 in Alabama; and 14 banded in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New 

 York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Virginia were recovered in 

 Georgia. (See Lincoln, 1930.) 



Casual records. — Casual occurrences of the mourning dove have 

 been chiefly north of the regular range, where it appears they may 

 sometimes breed. Two young barely able to fly were noted on the 

 Stikine River, Alaska, by Willett, who also records one from Hyda- 

 burg, Prince of Wales Island, on September 1, 1926, and one taken 

 at Sitka, Alaska, on September 14, 1912. Kermode (1913) records 

 a specimen from Telegraph Creek, British Columbia. There are 

 several records for Quebec, among which are: Godbout, October 

 10, 1881, and June 6, 1882; once at St. Joachim (date ?), and one 

 in the fall of 1887 near Quebec City (Dionne). Newfoundland has 

 one record on October 16, 1890, but there are a few others on the 

 Labrador coast: Spotted Islands, October 17, 1912: Battle Harbor, 

 October 20, 1912; and Red Bay, September 7, 1891. The species 

 has been recorded from New Brunswick at Fredericton, October 14, 

 1899; Hampton, June, 1880; Rothesay, September 30, 1881; and 

 Milkish, October 17, 1881. 



Egg dates. — Southern New England and New York: 20 records, 

 April 6 to August 8; 10 records, May 20 to June 15. New Jersey 

 and Pennsylvania : 72 records, April 6 to July 8 ; 36 records, April 

 26 to May 29. Florida : 10 records, March 11 to July 10. Michigan 

 to the Dakotas : 18 records, April 27 to August 9 ; 9 records, May 14 



