TAVERNER AND SWALES, ON BIRDS OF POINT PELEE. 91 . 



was formerly an abundant bird and that still a few coveys frequent 

 the edges of the clearings. The Quail did not seein to suffer during 

 the rigors of the winter of 1003-04 in this section of Ontario as they 

 did in adjoining localities in Michigan. 



EXTINCT. 



Bonasa umlellus, Ruffed Grouse. 



Old residents tell us that the Partridge was once a very common 

 game bird on the Point, but now none have been seen for years. This 

 woodland bird cannot stand civilization as the Bob-white does and 

 is now only to be found in the deepest parts of the more extensive 

 woods. There are no such woods on the Point and they are getting 

 scarcer and scarcer in the adjoining country as their sites are being 

 cleared up and made into corn and w r heat fields. 



EXTINCT. 



l/r/t7/r//-/.v !/dUo/>aro, Wild Turkey. 



Formerly the Wild Turkey was exceptionally common in Southern 

 Ontario. Gardner states that they were numerous on the Point in his 

 memory and the last one taken he connects with certain births and 

 marriages and gives the date as about 1878. 



EXTINCT. 



*Ectoitislrx in iuratorius, Passenger Pigeon. 



The older residents remember the vast flocks of Pigeons that once 

 migrated through the Point. They were still more or less common in 

 1882, as Sauuders says, "In 1882, my stay there extended through the 

 last days of August, and a week or so in September, and during that 

 time we often saw small flocks of Passenger Pigeons, running up to 

 perhaps fifteen or twenty. They would rush up the Point or down, 

 as the case might be, at a speed which was all their own, and which 

 is rarely equaled, to my way of thinking, by any other bird. I have 

 one specimen from that trip, although we shot several. It is a male, 

 labeled August, 1882." 



<;<;. Zcnuhhira macroura, Mourning Dove. 



We have never found this a common species though we have met 

 individuals during all our trips in May, September, and October. 

 Gardner reported several that remained throughout the winter of 

 190G-07, frequenting the vicinity of the barn yards. 



;T. 1'ntlnirtrx a urn .Turkey Vulture. 



May 20, 1JKH5. two vultures tlew directly over our heads near the 

 end of the Point. It may prove to be a not uncommon species, as we 

 have what seem to be pretty well authenticated reports of a pair that 

 are regular summer residents near Harrow, about fifteen mil- 



