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 150. 3Ieleagris galloi^avo Linn. Wild Turkey. 



Breeding Range — Southern Canada to Gulf States. 

 Winter Distribution — The same. 



Resident, but now restricted to the wilder mountainous parts of 

 Pennsylvania, where it is becoming rarer every year. Two speci- 

 mens in the collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Phila- 

 delphia were obtained in Perry county in December, 1891, and 

 November, 1892, by Mr. F. M. McKeehan. 



Both of these, liowever, show a considerable dewlap, which is ab- 

 sent or but very slightly developed in specimens from Virginia which 

 we have examined. Tliis may denote an admixture of the domestic 

 bird, though the specimens seem otherwise typical of the true AVild 

 Turkey. 



Family Columbidse — The Pip^eons. 



Only one species is of regular occurrence in Pennsylvania. Of the 

 others which iiave been recorded, one is nearly exterminated and the 

 other is a rare straggler from the south. 



ISl, Mctopistes niigratorius (Linn.). Wild Pigeon. 



Breeding Range — Formerly at various loealities in eastern N. A. 

 Winter Distribution — Eastern U. S. 



Very rare straggler. Formerly (as late as 1873) common in mi- 

 grations. A few may still breed in western Pennsylvania, but the 

 bird is rapidly approacliing extinction. Dr. Warren states, on the 

 authority of Mr. D. J. Linskill, that a few pairs bred in Luzerne 

 county as late as 1889. 



The t'oUowing specimens have been taken during the past fewyears : 



Englevvood, N. J., Sept., 1878, F. M. Chapman (2 specimens). 



Haddonfield, N. J., March 22, 1879, Dr. W. L. Abbott. 



Olney, Philada., Sept.. 1885, G. S. Morris. 



Morristown, N. J., Oct., 7, 1893, A. B. Frost (/. iV. Be Haven). 



Also four in collection of Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadel- 

 phia, procured in Philadelphia market, November and December, 

 1877. 



