﻿39° 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  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. 
  

  

  