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shipped from Lake St. John, north of Quebec city. 

 A large shipment of ptarmigan for Montreal was 

 seized by the Quebec Fish and Game Protection 

 ( lub. (" Montreal Daily Witness," March 12, 1888.) 



Order COLUMB.E. Pigeons. 



Family Columbidce. Pigeons or Doves. 



Subfamily Columbines. Pigeons. 



Genus Ectopistes. Swain son. 



96. Passenger Pigeon. (Wild Pigeon.) E. migra- 

 torius. (Linn.) 



" Transient Visitant," scarce. This pigeon is an 

 irregular visitant here now, but some of our oldest 

 residents can remember the time when the wild 

 pigeon occurred here in countless numbers. For 

 some reason, probably through the clearing of our 

 woodlands, the passenger pigeon has not been seen 

 here in large numbers for many years past. Two 

 were shot the latter end of August, 1883, at Cham- 

 bly, and one was shot September 15, 1885, on the 

 spur of Mount Royal; also, two were shot at the 

 latter place by myself, one, September 10, 1886, and 

 the other one September 1, 1888, both of which are 

 now in my collection of bird's skins. Mr. C. W. 

 Johnson, of Lachine, says he shot fifteen wild 

 pigeons in the woods, four miles north of that place, 



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