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After this we kept on our way and presumably at the end of the day 

 returned with whatever game we had killed and ate the Ground dove. 



Possibly a dozen years later, between 1870 and 1874, I saw another 

 specimen of this species in New York, while walking along the Aqueduct 

 in the general neighborhood of i6oth street and 9th avenue. The bird was 

 sitting on a fence and I had a good opportunity to look at it. By this time 

 I knew something about birds myself and recognized what it was. The 

 day was Sunday and I had no gun and no means of securing the bird. 



