Miscellaneous Notes 221 



N. W. Judy & Co., St. Louis, Mo., the largest dealers 

 in poultry and game In that section, said, in 1895, they 

 had had no wild pigeons for two years; the last they 

 received were from Siloam Springs, Ark. This would 

 mean that they were on the market during the season of 

 1893. Until 1890 frequent reports were recorded of 

 pigeons seen singly, in pairs and in small flocks. 



In 1 89 1 Mr. F. M. Woodruff, Assistant Curator of 

 the Chicago Academy of Sciences, secured a pair at 

 Lake Forest, 111. 



A nest with two eggs and two birds were collected 

 by C. B. Brown of Chicago in the spring of 1893 at 

 English Lake, Ind. 



In September, 1893, three were reported In Lake 

 County, 111. 



In April of the same year, a male pigeon was re- 

 ported as having been seen In Lincoln Park, III, 



Mr. R. W. Stafford of Chicago, 111., reported seeing 

 a flock In the latter part of September, 1894, at Ma- 

 rengo, 111. 



Mr. John L. Stockton, Highland Park, 111., reported 

 that while trout fishing on the Little Oconto River, 

 Wis., early in June, 1895, he saw a flock of ten pigeons 

 for several consecutive days near his camp. 



A young female was killed at Lake Forest, 111., In 

 August, 1895. 



