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place of these birds on the 23rd June. It was on the left bank of 
the Waterhen river, a deep stream which connects Lake Manitoba 
with Lake Winnipegosis. There were less than a score of nests 
which were variously placed, some of them less than ten feet from 
the ground, and not in large trees. They were such flimsy struc- 
tures that the eggs were clearly seen through the interstices from 
below, and one old bird was shot as she sat. Only two eggs were 
taken. aa 
In the latter part of August and early in September of the same 
year, on the Swan river, above Livingstone, and also on the upper 
Assiniboine, we saw large flocks and as food was scarce we shot 
large numbers for the pot. The low flats along the river were 
covered with Cornus stolonifera, and on the ripe berries of this 
shrub they were feeding. 
CXXXIX. ZENAIDURA Bonaparre. 1854. 
316. Mourning Dove. 
Zenaidura macroura (LINN.) RipGw. 1885. 
Appears to be becoming common. A few killed every year in 
Nova Scotia. (Downs.) Several records and captures in Nova 
Scotia, most often in October. (H. F. Tufts.) Occasionally taken 
in New Brunswick. (Chamberlain.) Taken at Chateau Richer, 
Montmorency county; three specimens at Godbout, one at St. 
Joachim, and one at Quebec. (Dionne.) One killed in the district 
of Montreal, in June, 1838. (Dr. Hall.) The mourning dove 
breeds sparingly throughout southern Ontario. (Mcllwraith.) 
Regular summer resident at Toronto, Ont., never very common. 
(J. H. Fleming.) I met with this species in Leeds county, Ont., 
on two occasions and more recently (1903) in the township of Oso, 
north Frontenac. A few pairs breed there; one nest was placed 
in a large stump. More common to the west of London, Ont., 
than in its vicinity. Sometimes comes into the outskirts of the 
city and breeds in gardens. (W. Saunders.) Occasionally seen in 
winter at Plover Mills, Ont. (R. Elhott.) 
Has become quite common at Aweme, Man., within recent years. 
Flocks of a hundred or more are not uncommon. (Criddle.) In- 
