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that region would seem to be implied bj Mr. Dickinson's statements, a 

 condition of affairs strangely reversing the usual order of avian economy- 

 It is indeed a fair question whether this be not a case of very early 

 instead of very late. Either way the case is a paradox. — Samuel N. 

 Rhoads, Acad. Nat. Sci., Philadelphia, Pa. 



The Passenger Pigeon in Aitkin County, Minn., with a recent Record 

 for Northeastern Illinois. — Some facts lately furnished me by a Min- 

 nesota correspondent may be of interest in connection with the more 

 recent movements of Ectopistes tnigratorius. Referring to the presence 

 of the Wild Pigeon in his neighborhood the past spring, Mr. Eli La Mere, 

 of Hickory, Aitkin County, Minnesota, writes me under date May 12, 1894, 

 as follows : " Father saw a flock which was quite large ; he says there 

 were at least 500 of them in the flock. The boys see a pair occasionally 

 in our sugar-bush and they seem quite tame. I think they will nest here 

 this summer." 



A subsequent letter received from him dated July 22 confirms in a 

 measure the fact of its having bred there this spring, a single one being 

 seen as late as the 20th of June. 



The correspondent refeiTed to in this instance is the son of a farmer- 

 hunter at whose house the writer stopped for a number of days while 

 visiting the State in the spring of 1893, and that the account herein given 

 is truthful I have no reason to doubt. 



Moreover the Pigeon was reported to me as being there during the 

 time of my visit, a single individual being noticed by a timber ' cruiser,' 

 who was perfectly familiar with the bird. 



During late years the Passenger Pigeon has become extremely rare in 

 Northeastern Illinois, at least so far as the neighborhood of Chicago is 

 concerned. My latest record was made at Glen Ellyn on Sunday, Sept. 

 4, 1892. It was a young-of-the-year, very tame and unsuspicious. It was 

 discovered in the company of some Jays and feeding about the piles of 

 dirt recently made in excavating for the foundation of a house, well 

 within the limits of the town, and was also observed to be picking the 

 grain from some fresh horse-droppings, in which occupation it was 

 harassed somewhat by the Jays. But the day, location and circumstances 

 under which my observations were made precluded the possibility of the 

 capture of the specimen. — Benj. T. Gault, Glen Ellyn, III. 



The Turkey Buzzard in Plainfield, New Jersey. — A specimen of 

 Catharte$ aura was caught here on June 30, 1894. ^'^ '* the first time the 

 bird has been seen here. During the night of June 29 there was a heavy 

 shower, and the bird was found sitting on a fence by the roadside the 

 next morning, so wet that it could not fly and so was captured. I cannot 

 find anv one who has ever seen a specimen in this county. — Stephen 

 A. Kram, Plainfield, N. J. 



