:\»hs OH ihr lin<ls. :;::7 



71. KCTOI'ISTKS MlCltATOKIl S ( Li 11 II.I'IIS ) . W 1 M) I'KiKOX. C!!.")) 



In the early part oi" the niiieteentli eeiiluiy excessively alMiiidaiit (liiriiij; 

 the .siniiif? and fall iniiiiratioiis. 



I have no reeords for .Monnn" County, hut ti adit inn says it was an ahiin- 

 (hmt hird there as late at h-ast as 1860. I do not know when the last 

 ones were seen in thai county, nor have I that record for Vi«o County. I 

 heard of none in that county durini,' my residence at Terre Haute from 1S8G 

 to 18!)1. 



r.ut in Carroll County dtu-ins; my boyhood days, at least up to INTO, it was 

 (|uite common in spring and fall. I can remember great Hoeks flying north- 

 ward in the spring and large numbers in the fall feeding on tlie beech "masf' 

 and acorns. I have a rec(n'd of one .seen in Tippecanoe Township, May .'Jl, 

 18S;>, and of .several killed in the western part of the county that .same year. 

 On May 9, 1884, I saw two southeast of Yeoman. In the GO'S it was a com- 

 mon practice to net Wild Pigeons in Tippecanoe and JelTerson townships in 

 the western part of thi' cimnty. Long nets were carefully adjusteil and by 

 using stool pigeons, a whole Hock cduld ;-(iiiiel iiues he led into the net. ( »ii 

 April 0, 1885, I saw .sevt>ral (was not able to determine the exact number) 

 in Farrar's woods at tlie south end of Lake .Maxinkuckee. These were the 

 last I ever saw, 



72. Zexaidura MACROURA CAKOLixExsis (LiiiuaMis). 



MOURNIXG dove; TURTLE J)OVE. (olCj 



A common and well-known summer resident, occasionally a few remain- 

 ing throughout the year when the winters are not too severe. 



Carroll Count]/: June 17, 1882, set of two fresh eggs; April 29, 188:i, 

 nest with large young in apple tree in Robert Porter's orchard, sournwest 

 of Camden : May 21, sevex-al nests seen, some with eggs, others with young, 

 in bushes at the edge of the Maple Swamp, south of Cutler ; March 10, 1884. 

 common: March 30, 1885. first of .season seen: May 9, nest with three eggs; 

 Decemlter, 1884, and January, 1885, occasionally seen ; -June 25 to July 1, 

 1905, three or four pairs noted on the old home farm. April 28. 1919, set 

 of two fresh eggs in nest in a pear tree at Burlington, reported by Donovan 

 Beck. 



Monroe Count y: February 10, 1883, one seen; February 23, 1880, com- 

 mon since middle of March ; May 31, 1882, a fresh egg found on ground in 

 a wheatfield in Crawford County, 



Vi(/o Count!;: April 8. 1888, noted : May 3. 1890. nest with two fresh eggs 

 in osage hedge, seven miles south of Terre Haute, and another nest with 

 one fresh egg in same hedge ; one egg had been broken and the nest deserted. 



73. Catiiartes aira ski-tkntuionai.s Wied. 



TURKEY VfLTVRE OR BtZZAUl). ( .")25 I 



A rather common summer resident in all the counties, sometimes remain- 

 ing thioughoTit the yeai-. especially in Monroe and Vigo counties. 



In Monroe County, noted near liloomington. February 21, 1883. and Febru- 

 ary 22. issc. ;iiid a nest with two fresh eggs in a hollow oak snag near 

 lUooiiiinglou. April 17. 1ns2. 



