Notes on the Birds. eit 
71. ECToPISTES MIGRATORIUS (Linnieus). WILD PIGEON. (315) 
In the early part of the nineteenth century excessively abundant during 
the spring and fall migrations. 
I have no records for Monroe County, but tradition says it was an abun- 
dant bird there as late at least as 1860. I do not know when the last 
ones were seen in that county, nor have I that record for Vigo County. I 
heard of none in that county during my residence at Terre Haute from 1886 
to 1891. 
But in Carroll County during my boyhood days, at least up to 1870, it was 
quite common in spring and fall. I can remember great flocks flying north- 
ward in the spring and large numbers in the fall feeding on the beech ‘‘mast”’ 
and acorns. I have a record of one seen in Tippecance Township, May 31, 
1883, 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 60’s it was a com- 
mon practice to net Wild Pigeons in Tippecanoe and Jefferson townships in 
the western part of the county. Long nets were carefully adjusted and by 
using stool pigeons, a whole flock could sometimes be led into the net. On 
April 6, 1885, I saw several (was not able to determine the exact number) 
in Farrar’s woods at the south end of Lake Maxinkuckee. These were the 
last I ever saw. 
72. ZeENAIDURA MACROURA CAROLINENSIS (Linnzeus). 
MOURNING DOVE; TURTLE DOVE. (316) 
A common and well-known summer resident, occasionally a few remain- 
ing throughout the year when the winters are not too severe. 
Carroll County: June 17, 1882, set of two fresh eggs; April 29, 1885, 
nest with large young in apple tree in Robert Porter’s orchard, southwest 
of Camden; May 21, several nests seen, some with eggs, others with young, 
in bushes at the edge of the Maple Swamp, south of Cutler; March 16, 1884, 
common; Mareh 30, 1885, first of. season seen; May 9, nest with three eggs; 
December, 1884, and January, 1885, occasionally seen; June 25 to July 1, 
1905, three or four pairs noted on the old home farm. April 25, 1919, set 
of two fresh eggs in nest in a pear tree at Burlington, reported by Donovan 
Beck. 
Monroe County: February 10, 1883, one seen; February 23, 1886, com- 
mon since middle of March; May 31, 1882, a fresh egg found on ground in 
a wheatfield in Crawford County. 
Vigo County: 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. CATHARTES AURA SEPTENTRIONALS Wied. 
TURKEY VULTURE OR BUZZARD. (325) 
A rather common summer resident in all the counties, sometimes remain- 
ing throughout the year, especially in Monroe and Vigo counties. 
In Monroe County, noted near Bloomington, February 21, 1885, and Febru- 
ary 22, 1886, and a nest with two fresh eggs in a hollow oak snag near 
Bloomington, April 17, 1882. 
