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vated districts at a much earlier period. 
70. Phasianus colchicus + P. torquatus English 
Pheasant. Resident. ‘This fine hybrid has become 
locally established. 
71. Ectopistes migratorius Passenger Pigeon, 
“wild pigeon.” Formerly an irregularly abundant 
transient, now extinct. John D. Dillen states that 
his earliest recollections of this species dates back to 
about 1864 when a flock was found roosting in Gib- 
son’s pines, a four-acre tract, located on the South 
Valley hills, Tredyffrin Twp. upon the very spot 
where “Weadleytown”’ now stands. The pigeon’s 
stay was always comparatively short, rarely in Au- 
gust, but could be looked for any time between 
Sept. 10 and Oct. 10; nevertheless a flock of about 
300 individuals occurred in early November, 1877 
or 1878. It was less abundant in spring; a flock 
of about 50 birds in March, 1867, and another of 
about 200 in March, 1872 or 1873 (Cass.,. xiv, 
33-36). Pennock states that small flocks were seen 
at Kennett Square from 1869 to 1873. Dr. H.R. 
Wharton shot one or two in a wood at Strafford, 
1878, and there is a specimen in the J. W. Sharp col- 
lection without data but I understand that it was 
secured nearby. Dr. Montgomery shot one individ- 
ual Sept. 1, 1886, in Birmingham Twp., and a 
female in West Goshen Twp., Sept. 9, 1887. Both 
specimens are in immature plumage and now in the 
collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Phil- 
adelphia, and are believed to have been the last 
specimens taken in Southeastern Pennsylvania. A 
flock of fifteen passed over Berwyn, April 17, 1901 
