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limbs were broken by their weight. All these cniintless iininliers o!' wil'l 

 pigeons have disappenrefl. and notwithst/iuding hundreds of dollars have 

 been offered for evidence of the occurrence or nesting of these birds in 

 recent years, no authentic report has been received. Specifically, it ni;iy 

 be said a reward of $1,500 for knowledge of a nesting pair of Wild I'igeons 

 was lecently made by members of the National Association of Andul)()n 

 Societies, llie reward stood fui' two years closing December 1, 1911, and 

 i:o (lie came forward to claim the prize. 



In view of these facts it is approi)riate to refer tn the last reports of 

 the occurrence of the I'assenger I'igeon in rndiana, some of which have 

 l)een previously printed. 



Franklin ("cniity. near Oak I'orest. July i::. ls!)s. nesting. October l!:'.. 

 \S{)S. .-een. July li». 1>'.i<). imtcd. .M:iy is. I'.Kx;. July 18, l!!Oi;. several 

 seen and rcjjorted nesting. 



A bird of this sju'cies wms taken in Siiclliy (';innty. September 24, 

 ]S\)S. ;ind was .noinitcd and presei'ved. ! Ikivc seen this siK'cimen. 



Other Tiidi.iua sjiecimens of the Passenger I'igeon known to me are as 

 follows: 



One of two found (l<vi(l in winter in llic woods near I'.rookville, Ind., is 

 still in the collection of the writer. Tlie other was presented to a 

 museum in ]\nro|ie. 



My infonn.it ion is tlu'i'e is ;\ specimen imw in Ki<lini<in(l. Ind., oblained 

 by .\lherl Stanliei in Septeniher. 1 sjii ; ;ilso another in the ••ollection of 

 Karlliam College, obtained by .b.lm \\. Kongan in the fall of 1S78. Mr. 

 W.ilter S. Kallitf says these were obtained at the great pigeon roost in 

 Center TownshijK Wayne County, three miles west of Kichniond. 



The last verified record for this State is from Franklin County. 'I'wo 

 birds \\('re seen, and one was shot, near Lam el, .Vpril .'I. llini;. The sjieci- 

 meii taken was submitted to the writer lor veriticat ion and was retnrneil 

 to Mr. C. K. Muchniore. the owni-r. at Laurel. 

 Ilcniiil 'riini.sh. Tiirdus ;ionalaschkoe p ilhisii (i'lb. ). 



Mr. C. IL Smith rep'Hts one :it .\ew Castle, Ind., .November 10, I'.llJ. 



.Mr. I'hilip I'.aker to:ik a bird of this species ii(>iir lielnisbnru, lirown 

 County, Ind., Jaiiuar.v 1). IDll. He sent me the wings and tail for verili- 

 cation. 

 Ardra Jirrodins irrirdi. I{idgw;iy. 



In his iiaiK-r "A lJevisi(ai of the forms of the (Jreat I'Wue Heron 



