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numerous some seasons, owing probably to severity of weather 
or excessive hunting.” 
Mr. Wm. H. Fisher supplies the following: “Mr. J. R. 
Ridgley tells me that on his farm in Howard County, about 10 
miles from Ellicott City, some years ago he was listening for 
squirrels and became conscious of a wild turkey, when too late 
to secure it.” He also says “that now (’93) there are a few 
near his farm in a tract called Beaver Dam Woods.” 
Mr. Harden, of Georgetown, shot two in the winter of ’81-82, 
between Georgetown and Tennallytown (A. C., ’92). 
“While at Weverton on September 26, ’93, John Leopold 
told me that about the first of the month a flock of at least 10 
were seen, and that now a flock of seven young, with two adults, 
is on the other (Virginia) side of the river. Occasionally he has 
seen turkeys fly across the river, and once one gave out and fell 
into the water” (Fisher). 
Order COLUMBA1—Piarons AnD DOovVEs. 
Family CoLumpip£—Pigeons and Doves. 
Ectopistes migratorius (315). Passenger Pigeon. 
Originally occurring in large numbers, but only occasionally 
seen of late years. On August 27, 93, I flushed a pair from 
a fence in the upper end of Dulaney’s Valley and further down 
a single bird from a tree top. These birds I watched for some 
time through a field glass, but none of their actions differed 
from those of doves. Mr. Wm. H. Fisher supplies the follow- 
ing: ‘For about 10 days, in October ’78, flocks of Wild Pigeons 
flew over our house at Mount Washington between 7 and 7.30 
A. M.; 6 to 10 flocks of from 5 to 20 birds each day. In 
September, ’88, I shot one near Bradshaw, and in September, ’89, 
another in Dulaney’s Valley; this last was flying with a flock 
of Doves. Mr. J. R. Ridgley tells me that he saw a flock of 
50 or 60 about 8 miles from Ellicott City on September 17,793. 
Clarence Cottman says he saw a flock of about 40 pass near the 
