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THE NATURE-SI UDY REVIEW 



[6:5-May, 1910 



We are desperately in earnest, and the month of May ought to 

 decide whether the finest race of pigeons the world has ever 

 seen is extinct or not. 



Signed, 



C. F. Hodge. 



Nest of mourning dove, with two eggs, sent to Dr. Hodge 

 in competition for the award offered for an "undisturbed" pas- 

 senger piegon's nest. Luckily for all concerned this is not a 

 nest of the pigeon, but if it had been, the fact that it has been 

 disturbed would forfeit to finder all claim to award. A paper 

 disc is inserted for comparison, the size of a passenger pigeon's 

 tgg. Difference in size of ^gg will be one of the means of dis- 

 tinguishing between dove and pigeon. 



Pigeon's tgg. 1.50 x 1.02 (roughly 2iS iy'2 in. to i in. in 

 length). 



Dove's Q:gg 1.50 X .80. 



All authorized awards are offered solely for information of 

 location of undisturbed nesting pairs or flocks of pigeons. Both 

 male and female birds with eggs or young must be found unmo- 

 lested before any award will be paid. 



It is probable that many members of the A. N.-S. S. and 

 subscribers to the Review will change their location next fall. 

 The September issue will be mailed early in September, and the' 

 editor requests those who change their address to notify him, 

 wherever possible, before the first of August, so that a correct 

 mailing list may be prepared. 



