148 The Passenger Pigeon 



eggs at English Lake, Ind., and secured both parent 

 birds. Mr. Brown describes the nest as being placed 

 on the horizontal branch of a burr oak about ten feet 

 from the trunk and from forty to fifty feet from the 

 ground. He did not preserve the birds, but the eggs 

 are still in his collection. The locality where this nest 

 was found was a short distance from where the Hazens 

 found their birds six years before. 



Mr. John F. Ferry informs me that three pigeons 

 were seen near the Des Plaines River in Lake County, 

 111., in September, 1893. One of these was shot by Mr. 

 F. C. Farwell. 



In an article which appeared in the Chicago Tribune 

 Nov. 25, 1894, entitled "Last of His Race," Mr. E. B. 

 Clark related his experience in observing a fine male 

 wild pigeon in Lincoln Park, Chicago, 111., 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 speci- 

 men. The tree upon which he was resting was at the 

 southeast corner of the park. There were no trees be- 

 tween 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 repre- 



