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numerous some seasons, owing probably to severity of weather 

 or excessive hunting." 



Mr. Wm. H. Fisher supplies the following : " Mr. J. R. 

 Ridgley tells me that on his farm in Howard County, about 10 

 miles from Ellicott City, some years ago he was listening for 

 squirrels and became conscious of a wild turkey, when too late 

 to secure it." He also says " that now ('93) there are a few 

 near his farm in a tract called Beaver Dam Woods." 



Mr. Harden, of Georgetown, shot two in the winter of '81-82, 

 between Georgetown and Tennallytown (A. C, '92). 



"While at Weverton on September 26, '93, John Leopold 

 told me that about the first of the month a flock of at least 10 

 were seen, and that now a flock of seven young, with two adults, 

 is on the other (Virginia) side of the river. Occasionally he has 

 seen turkeys fly across the river, and once one gave out and fell 

 into the water " (Fisher). 



Order COLUMB^— Pigeons and Doves. 

 Family Columbid.^ — Pigeons and Doves. 



Ectopistes migratorius (315). Passenger Pigeon. 



Originally occurring in large numbers, but only occasionally 

 seen of late years. On August 27, '93, I flushed a pair from 

 a fence in the upper end of Dulaney's Valley and further down 

 a single bird from a tree top. These birds I watched for some 

 time through a field glass, but none of their actions diflered 

 from those of doves. Mr. Wm. H. Fisher supplies the follow- 

 ing : "For about 10 days, in October '78, flocks of Wild Pigeons 

 flew over our house at Mount Washington between 7 and 7.30 

 A. M.; 6 to 10 flocks of from 5 to 20 birds each day. In 

 September, '88, 1 shot one near Bradshaw, and in September, '89, 

 another in Dulaney's Valley; this last was flying with a flock 

 of Doves. ]Mr. J. R. Ridgley tells me that he saw a flock of 

 50 or 60 about 8 miles from Ellicott City on September 17, '93. 

 Clarence Cottman says he saw a flock of about 40 pass near the 



