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niitiH- of "Hight " ocfiirri'd hi IS77. 'I'li.it tall llicri- wi-rc :i uifat many olisi-ivfcl 

 al>oiit Hanover, Ind. Sumo notes wliicli liavc ri'ciM\tly comi' to hand may tif of 

 interest. Tlie greater part of tliem r-elate to this year : 



Manchester, Mich., .hnn' \->. is'.il. None have heen seen hefore in ten yeai>. 

 I'.reeds? 



Si'|iti'inher !• and 1 •_'. iS'.tl. I,. Whitney WatUins, Spearsvilie. Intl. < »ne 

 M.ireh 7, 1S<I4. 



April ."). ISiU. Hare. — N'iclor 11. ilarnel. 



Laporte. Ind.. April 10, IK'.M. Saw Hock of hfty or more. First large Hock 

 >>een in sevt'ial yeais. — (harles liarlier. 



Bieknell, Kno.\ ( 'oiinty, Ind. .Migrant la re if not e.xtincl. 1 have not seen 

 c'lH- for ten years. They formerly were aluindani. I can remendter, (hiring their 

 miirrations. the heavens would he covered for honrs, yes, for days, in all direc- 

 tions with them. They lormerlv hr<'d neai' here, and would cover the forests tor 

 miles, until the liudis would hreak down with their weight. — V.. .1. ("hansler, 

 sf.ring, 1SV4. 



Recently I received a letter from I ln' sanu- gentleman, containing the lollow- 

 ini: notes : 



■'I saw a considerable Hock of tlu'se birds 1st of Septemhei-, ISiM. Mr. Har- 

 bin saw a Hock October •"), l.V'.li. 'IMiese were the first pigeons I have seen for 

 Vf-ars." 



tirand Haven, Mich. ( )ne May.!, 18!>4. Very rare; u.^ed to be plentiful. 

 F-reeds. — E. Davidson. 



Kentland, Ind. Mr. W. \V. I'frimmei' says they were formerly very plenti- 

 ful. Nested in the timber along the Kankakee River. Now scarce. Have seen 

 none for two years. In 1S(.I2 I shot two. 



Dunreith, Henry County, Ind. Mr. E. Pleas says twenty years ago wild 

 pigeons eaiue in vast numbers almost every spring. 



Out (,)f some four reports on the spring migration and ten on those of the tall 

 bill five reported the presence c»f the wild [)igeon. A bird so conspictious that if 

 present could scarcely escape unseen. And even this report is lietter than for 

 some years past. One pigeoTi in a yearl Think of the change! Within tiie 

 memory of men who are not yet old these migratory pigeons would ob.scure the 

 sun and hide the sky for hours, sometimes for days in succession. The straniie 

 jippearance was made more wonderful by the comiuuous rund)le of the thuniK-r.- 

 of the oncoming clouds — the noise of the strokes of millions upon millions of 

 wings. Some of the ntosts covered many, miles of forest. There, as they settled 

 iit evt-ning, the gunners from miles around bcg;in the slaugiiter. After a nniiiliei- 



