North American Birds Eggs. 



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316. Mourning Dove. Zrnaidura macrourn. 



Range. — North America from New England, Manitoba and British Columbia, 

 southward. 



Now that the Passenger Pigeon has disappeared, 

 this species becomes the only one found in the east, 

 with the exception of the little Ground Dove in the 

 South Atlantic and Gulf States. While, sometimes, 

 small flocks of them nest in a community, they gen- 

 erally nest in companies of two or three pairs. Their 

 nests are generally at a low elevation, in trees, bushes 

 and often upon the ground. Their nests are made 

 entirely of twigs and rootlets, and eggs may be found 

 from early in April until the latter part of September, 

 as they often raise two or three broods a season. The 

 Size 1.15 X .80. Data. ^Refugio Co., Texas, May 3,1899. 

 ground in a slight cradle of twigs. Collector, James J. Carroll 



1 White. J 



two eggs are white. 

 2 eggs laid on the 



Photo by H. B. Stough. 



NEST AND EGGS OF MOURNING DOVE. 



