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PIGEON TRIBE. 
The CAROLINA TusTLE Dove, Columba Caroli- 
nensis, is common enough at the western part of 
Massachusetts, where it is called the Mourning Dove, 
from the plaintiveness of its call, which is often 
heard in the woods. 'The sound seems expressive 
of deep affliction, but the bird that makes it is very 
happy, and quite unconscious of the interest which 
he inspires. When these doves come to the north in 
the spring, they disperse in small parties, and it is 
not often that more than two are seen together. 
They are generally met with in roads through the 
forest, to which they resort in order to dust them- 
selves and swallow gravel. 'T'hey are by no means . 
shy, though unobtrusive in their manners; they are 
sometimes seen among the domestic poultry, as they 
80 to be fed at the farmer's door. Occasionally they 
join the flocks of passenger pigeons, and are taken in 
shares, together with their relations. Their food 
consists of grain and small acorns, together with 
poke, partridge, and dogwood berries, in their sea- 
son. They are said to be easily tamed, and to raise 
their young in confinement ; if so, they would re- 
Ward attempts at domestication, since the flesh is 
pronounced equal to that of the woodcock, by those 
Who profess to be judges of such matters. 
The Passencer Prerow, Columba migratoria, is 
a hardy wayfarer, which cares very little for climate, 
and is governed in its migrations, not by the desire 
