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EXTINCT. 

 Tympan iich lis americantis. — Prairie Cbiclven. 



Tlie onl.v record for tlie region known to me Is that reported in 

 tlie Kevii-ed Catalogue of tlie birds of Ohio, 1903. Professor E. L. 

 Moi-eley reported a capture near Sandusky in 3880. This also ap- 

 pears to be the last reported capture for the state. It is doubtful 

 whether this species could have found congenial surroundings in 

 the region inider consideration at any time. It is more likely that 

 its occurrence was in the vicinity of Castalia. 



EXTINCT. 

 Meleagris gallopavo silvcstris. — Wild Turkey. 



Formerly common over the whole area, but has been extinct for 

 at least forty years. A specimen in the Oberlin College museum, 

 said to have been captured on the colle,!:e campus, bears the ques- 

 tioned date of 1858. I can find no reliable data as to when the last 

 was recorded. 



EXTINCT. 

 Ectopistes mifiratoriiis. — Passenger Pigeon. 



There appears to be no record of a nesting or even roosting in the 

 region, but there are many accounts of the vast flights of these 

 birds. Accounts which I have been able to gather seem to agree 

 substantially that most of the flights were in a northerly and south- 

 erly direction, which would indicate that the birds crossed the lake. 

 It would hardly seem i)robabIe that so vast a company could turn 

 abruptly in either direction upon reaching the lake without influ- 

 encing the direction of flight of those as far inland as twelve miles. 

 Some of the older men state that the last flight noted was about 

 1872. 

 83. Zcvaidura macioiira carolinoisis. — Mourning Dove. 



Common everywhere from about the middle of April until the 

 middle of October, wintering in favorable localities in small num- 

 bers. The birds which winter begin singing in the warm days of 

 February. During the winter the birds may be found in small 

 companies or singly about farm premises or in corn fields which 

 have not been husked, apparently sleeping in the corn shocks. They 

 are pretty certain to be found where stock is fed fodder and hay 

 if there be a haystack convenient in a field some distance from hu- 

 man dwellings. I have not found them in winter on the sand spit, 

 but during the season of breeding there are many there as well as 

 on the larger islands. I have never noticed this species making long 

 flights out over the lake. After the small grain has been gathered 

 into the barn and the stubble either plowed under or fed closely, 

 the Doves are to be found In the corn fields, where they seem to 

 eat quantities of weed seed, but do not molest the corn. They seem 

 to spend the moulting time in the corn fields. Early nests are usu- 



