88 THE CHICAGO ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



"Mr. John Ferry informs me that three Pigeons were seen 

 near the Desplaines River in Lake County, Illinois, in September, 

 1893. One of these was shot by Mr. F. C. Farwell. 



"In an article which appeared in the Chicago Tribune, No- 

 vember 25, 1894, entitled 'Last of his Race,' Mr. E. B. Clark gives 

 his experience in observing a fine male Wild Pigeon in Lincoln 

 Park, Chicago, Illinois, in April, 1893. I quote from the article : 

 'He was perched on the limb of a soft maple and was facing the 

 rising sun. I have never seen in any cabinet a more perfect 

 specimen. The tree upon which he was resting was at the south- 

 east corner of the park. There were no trees between him and 

 the lake to break from his breast the fullness of the glory of the 

 rising sun. The Pigeon allowed me to approach within twenty 

 yards of his resting place and I watched him through a powerful 

 glass that permitted as minute an examination as if he were in 

 my hand. I was more than astonished to find here close to the 

 pavements of a great city the representative of a race which al- 

 ways loved the wild woods and which I thought had passed from 

 Illinois forever!' 



"Mr. R. W. Stafford of Chicago,' Illinois, who has shot hun- 

 dreds of Pigeons in former years within the present city limits 

 of Chicago, informs me that in the latter part of September, 1894, 

 while shooting at Marengo, Illinois, he saw a flock of six flying 

 swiftly over and apparently alight in a small grove some distance 

 off." 



Mr. Deane adds: "The above records will show that while 

 in this section of country large flocks of Passenger Pigeons are 

 a thing of the past, yet they are still occasionally observed in 

 small detachments of single birds." 



In the Auk, January, 1895, Vol. XII, 80, Mr. Benjamin T. 

 Gault published the following record: "During late years the 

 Passenger Pigeon has become extremely rare in northeastern 

 Illinois, at least so far as the neighborhood of Chicago is con- 

 cerned. My latest record was made at Glen Ellyn on Sunday, 

 September 4, 1892. It was a young of the year, very tame and 

 unsuspicious. It was discovered in the company of some jays 

 and feeding about the piles of dirt recently made in excavating 

 for the foundation of a house, well within the limits of the town, 

 and was also observed to be picking the grain from some horse- 

 droppings, in which occupation it was harassed somewhat by the 

 jays." 



