142 The Passenger Pigeon 



writes: "Passenger Pigeons are now very rare Indeed 

 In Michigan, but some have been seen in the eastern 

 parts of Chippewa County, in the upper peninsula, every 

 year. As many as a dozen or more were seen In this 

 section In one flock last year, and I have reason to be- 

 lieve that they breed here in a small way. One came 

 into this city last summer and attracted a great deal of 

 attention by flying and circling through the air with 

 the tame pigeons. I have a bill in the Legislature of 

 Michigan, closing the season for killing wild pigeons 

 for ten years." 



RUTHVEN DeANE, 



Chicago, 111. 



From "The Auk," April, 1898, Vol. 15, Page 184, under the title, 



"The Passenger Pigeon {^Ectopistes migrator ius) in 



Wisconsin and Nebraska." 



Our records of this species during the past few years 

 have referred in most instances, to very small flocks and 

 generally to pairs or Individuals. In The Auk for 

 July, 1897, I recorded a flock of some fifty pigeons 

 from southern Missouri, but such a number has been 

 very unusual. It is now very gratifying to be able to 

 record still larger numbers and I am Indebted to Mr. 

 A. Fugleberg of Oshkosh, Wis., for the following letter 

 of Information, under date of September i, 1897: "I 

 live on the west shore of Lake Winnebago, Wis. About 

 6 o'clock on the morning of August 14, 1897, I saw a 



