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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  .MUSEUM 
  

  

  while 
  the 
  others 
  contained 
  eggs 
  — 
  and 
  only 
  one 
  each. 
  The 
  crop 
  of 
  the 
  young 
  

   bird 
  was 
  full 
  of 
  beech 
  nuts, 
  some 
  of 
  which 
  had 
  the 
  shells 
  on. 
  The'hight 
  

   at 
  which 
  the 
  nests 
  were 
  placed 
  varied 
  from 
  7 
  to 
  30 
  feet. 
  They 
  were 
  all 
  

   much 
  more 
  substantial 
  than 
  the 
  published 
  accounts 
  had 
  led 
  me 
  to 
  believe. 
  

   In 
  fact 
  they 
  were 
  not 
  frail 
  stimctures 
  at 
  all, 
  but 
  were 
  so 
  compacth' 
  built 
  

   of 
  twigs, 
  that 
  one 
  could 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  see 
  daylight 
  through 
  them. 
  

  

  Wild 
  pigeons 
  evidently 
  nested 
  somewhere 
  in 
  western 
  New 
  York, 
  or 
  

   more 
  likeh- 
  in 
  the 
  forests 
  of 
  Penns}-lvania, 
  during 
  the 
  8o's, 
  or 
  later, 
  as 
  )-oung 
  

   birds 
  were 
  captirred 
  by 
  the 
  author 
  at 
  Spring\dlle, 
  in 
  1882, 
  in 
  1889 
  bv 
  Mr 
  

   Kibbe 
  at 
  Ma}wille, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  year 
  by 
  Mr 
  Bacon 
  at 
  Erie, 
  Pa. 
  This 
  

   is 
  the 
  last 
  definite 
  evidence 
  I 
  have 
  of 
  their 
  having 
  bred 
  in 
  our 
  State 
  or 
  its 
  

   immediate 
  vicinit}', 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  years 
  187S-82 
  their 
  numbers 
  had 
  so 
  

   noticeably 
  decreased 
  that 
  their 
  final 
  extermination 
  was 
  apprehended. 
  The 
  

   records 
  of 
  the 
  Pigeon's 
  appearance 
  during 
  the 
  closing 
  ^-ears 
  of 
  its 
  history 
  

   niay 
  be 
  of 
  interest 
  : 
  

  

  Cooper, 
  Steuben 
  CO., 
  N. 
  Y. 
  May 
  5, 
  1S75. 
  Immense 
  roost. 
  Forest 
  and 
  Stream, 
  4: 
  204 
  

   Rochester, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Spring 
  of 
  1875. 
  Immense 
  flights. 
  Forest 
  and 
  Stream, 
  6:18 
  

   " 
  April 
  10, 
  1876. 
  Immense 
  flights. 
  Forest 
  and 
  Stream, 
  6: 
  171 
  

  

  Meacham 
  Lake. 
  N. 
  Y. 
  May 
  2, 
  1876. 
  Fuller, 
  Forest 
  and 
  Stream. 
  6: 
  301 
  

   Central 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Arrives 
  Mar. 
  3, 
  1877. 
  c. 
  breeds. 
  Fowler, 
  Forest 
  and 
  Stream, 
  7: 
  36 
  

   Ithaca, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Apr. 
  6, 
  1877. 
  Becoming 
  rare. 
  C. 
  J. 
  Pennock 
  

   Buffalo, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Mar. 
  8, 
  1878. 
  c. 
  Forest 
  and 
  Stream, 
  10: 
  99 
  

   Elmira, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Mar. 
  7, 
  1878. 
  Flock. 
  Gleason, 
  Forest 
  and 
  Stream, 
  10: 
  503 
  

   Herkimer 
  co., 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Mar.-Sept. 
  1878. 
  ab. 
  Egg 
  taken. 
  May 
  18. 
  C. 
  J. 
  Pennock 
  

   Lewis 
  CO., 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Mar.-Sept. 
  1878. 
  Dr 
  C. 
  H. 
  Memam 
  

   Ithaca, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Apr. 
  2, 
  187S. 
  2 
  seen. 
  C. 
  J. 
  Pennock 
  

   Eldred, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Mar. 
  14, 
  1879. 
  Forest 
  and 
  Stream, 
  12: 
  216 
  

   Lewis 
  CO, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Apr. 
  20-Oct. 
  1879. 
  Dr 
  C. 
  H. 
  Merriam 
  

  

  Apr. 
  20, 
  1880. 
  Dr 
  C. 
  H. 
  Merriam 
  

   Penn 
  Yan, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  June 
  1880. 
  50 
  seen. 
  Verdi 
  Burtch 
  

   Lewis 
  CO., 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Aug. 
  31-Sept. 
  10, 
  1881. 
  Dr 
  C. 
  H. 
  Merriam 
  

  

  Mar. 
  3-22, 
  1882. 
  Dr 
  C. 
  H. 
  Merriam 
  

   Springville, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Mar. 
  20-28, 
  1882. 
  Several 
  flocks 
  of 
  30-100. 
  E. 
  H. 
  Eaton 
  

   Troy 
  (market), 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Mar. 
  23, 
  1882. 
  Several 
  purchased 
  by 
  A. 
  F. 
  Park 
  

   Moose 
  River, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  May 
  2, 
  18S2. 
  Som^ 
  shot. 
  Dr 
  C. 
  H. 
  Merriam 
  

   Springville, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  July 
  21, 
  1882. 
  Young 
  bird 
  shot. 
  E. 
  H. 
  Eaton 
  

   Niagara 
  co., 
  N. 
  Y. 
  May 
  10, 
  1883. 
  J. 
  L. 
  Davison 
  

   Lewis 
  CO., 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Apr. 
  7-May 
  12, 
  1883. 
  Dr 
  C. 
  H. 
  Merriam 
  

   Lowville, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Apr. 
  12, 
  1884. 
  200 
  seen. 
  James 
  H. 
  Miller 
  

  

  