94 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



COLUMBAE. 



COLUMBIDAE. 



N. H. Formerly abundant migrant and local summer resident ; 

 last specimen taken at Concord, 1885. April 2-18; summer- 

 Oct. 10. 



VT. Formerly abundant migrant and summer resident. Mar. 

 20-Oct. 10. 



MASS. Formerly abundant migrant and common local summer 

 resident, rare in winter; last recorded in 1889. Mar. 10-Oct. 21 

 (winter). Eggs, May 22. 



R. I. Formerly abundant migrant; last killed in 1886. 



CONN. Formerly an abundant migrant, and common summer 

 resident. April 2-fall. Eggs, late May. 



180. ZENAIDURA MACROURA CAROLINENSIS (Linne) A. O. U. comm. 

 Mourning dove ; Carolina dove; Long-tailed dove ; Turtledove. 



Columba carolinensis Linne", Syst. nat., ed. 12, 1766, vol. 1, p. 

 286. "IN AMERICA." 



Zenaidura macroura (Linne). Chapman, Handb. birds east. 

 No. Amer., 1895, p. 188; Bird-life, 1898, pi. 13. Egg, Bendire, 

 1892, vol. 1, pi. 4, figs. 8,9. 



Open woods and fields; nests in trees, or rarely on the ground. 



ME. Rare migrant and summer resident in southern part; 

 accidental in winter. Mar. 21-Oct. 24 (Nov. 21 and winter). 



N. H. Rare migrant and summer resident in southern part. 

 Late Mar.-Oct. (Dec. 15). 



VT. Rare summer resident : Rutland Co. 



MASS. Uncommon migrant and summer resident; rare winter 

 resident. Mar. 5-Nov. 15 (winter). Eggs, April 19-May 20. 



R. I. Uncommon summer resident in northern and western 

 parts. April 3-Oct. 15. Eggs, May 15-25. 



CONN. Uncommon summer and rare winter resident. Mar.- 

 Nov. (winter). Eggs, May 24- June 20 (July 27). 



