PIGEONS 



315. Passenger Pigeon. 



Ectopistes migratorius. 



Range. — Formerly, North America east of the 

 Rockies; casually seen in the upper Missis 

 sippi Valley, now extinct. 



A handsome species (see frontispiece) with 

 ruddy underparts, grayish upperparts and a 



long graduated 

 tail. This species 

 v " > % years ago found 



|b^ in Hocks of thous- 

 5£.-. ands or millions, 

 is now practical- 

 ly exterminated, 

 chiefly by being 

 hunted and trap- 

 ped. A few pairs 

 probably now nest 

 in the interior, 

 from northern 

 United States to Hudson Bay. Their nests are 

 very rude, frail platforms of twigs, on which 

 two white eggs are laid, they being longer and 

 narrower, comparatively, than those of other species. Size of eggs, 1.50 

 Data.— Soutbwest shore of Lake Manitoba, June 1, 1891. Nest of twigs 

 aspen tree. 



White 



r 



Pi geon 



x 1.02. 

 in an 



316. Moikning Dove. Zenaidura macroura carolinensis. 



Range. — North America from New England. Manitoba and British Columbia, 

 southward. 



Now that the Pas- 

 senger Pigeon has 

 disappeared, this 



species becomes the 

 only one found in 

 the east, with the ex- 

 ception of the little 

 Ground Dove in the 



^ South Atlantic and 



Gulf States. While, White 



sometimes, small Hocks of them nesl in a coin 

 munity, they generally nest in companies of 

 two or three pairs. Their nests are generally 

 at a low elevation, in trees, bushes and often 

 upon the ground. Their nests are made en- 

 tirely of twigs and rootlets, and egg maj be 

 found from early in April until the latter part 

 of September, as they often raise two or three 



broods a season. The tWO are white. 



Size L.15x.80. Data. Refugio Co., Texas, May 

 ::. L899. Two e fgs laid on the ground In a 

 slighl cradle of twigs. Collector, Jam< J 

 ( larroll. 



Mourning Dove 



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