The Last of the Pigeons 147 



A fine male pigeon was killed by my brother, Mr. 

 Chas. E. Deane, April 18, 1887, while shooting snipe 

 on the meadows near English Lake, Ind. The bird 

 was alone and flew directly over him. I have the speci- 

 men now in my collection. 



In September, 1888, while teal shooting on Yellow 

 River, Stark County, Ind., I saw a pigeon fly up the 

 river and alight a short distance off. I secured the bird 

 which proved to be a young female. 



On Sept. 17, 1887, Mr. John F. Hazen and his 

 daughter Grace, of Cincinnati, Ohio, while boating on 

 the Kankakee River near English Lake, Ind., ob- 

 served a small flock of pigeons feeding In a little oak 

 grove bordering the river. They reported the birds 

 as quite tame and succeeded In shooting eight speci- 

 mens. 



Mr. Frank M. Woodruff, Assistant Curator, Chicago 

 Academy of Sciences, informs me that on Dec. 10, 



1890, he received four Passenger Pigeons In the flesh, 

 from Waukegan, 111., at which locality they were said 

 to have been shot. Three of the birds were males and 

 one was a female. One pair he disposed of, the other 

 two I have recently seen in his collection. In the fall of 



1 89 1, Mr. Woodruff also shot a pair at Lake Forest, 

 111., which he mounted and placed In the collection of 

 the Cook County Normal School, Englewood, 111. 



In the spring of 1893, Mr. C. B. Brown, of Chicago, 

 111., collected a nest of the wild pigeon containing two 



