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burnt-over swamp, but was unable to secure any of 

 them. 



I presume that you have an abundance of notes on 

 the Passenger Pigeon in this section of the country at 

 the time it was so abundant here, as such information 

 is readily obtainable from any of the old inhabitants 

 of this locality. I had a very interesting interview the 

 other day with Mr. C. E. Jennison of this city, who 

 was one of our earliest settlers, and he gave me a great 

 deal of information about this bird in the earlier days 

 of Bay City. He also stated, which was quite interest- 

 ing, that six or seven years ago he saw a few birds at 

 Thunder Bay Island, near Alpena. This appears to 

 be his last record of this species. 



The most interesting information I have was ob- 

 tained from Mr. Birney Jennison, his son, who advised 

 me a few days ago while we were on our way to Point 

 Lookout, Saginaw Bay, that about the 15th of July, 

 this year, he saw a pair of these birds in a swale at 

 Point Lookout while roaming through the woods. He 

 and I visited the same locality about two weeks after 

 that, but saw nothing of them. Of course there is some 

 likelihood that the birds Mr. Jennison saw may have 

 been the common Carolina doves. Mr. Birney Jenni- 

 son also had a great deal of experience with this bird 

 in his younger days about Bay City, and there would 

 appear to be no question as to his ability to accurately 

 identify the bird." 



