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in the register book of pigeoners in Wisconsin. Nearly 

 every one of the farmers, and their wives and daugh- 

 ters, were pigeon catchers. 



In regard to the dates of last nesting: 1878 was the 

 last year that the catch amounted to enough to keep 

 men in the business. I find I was at Cheboygan part 

 of the time, and got only a small number of birds in 

 1880, but some few nested (small body) that year. 



Yours truly, 



H. T. Phillips. 



