MOUBMNG DOVE 119 



May 28, 1858. I get the nest of the turtle dove above 

 named, it being deserted and no egg left. It appears to 

 have been built on the foundation of an old robin's nest 

 and consists of a loose wisp of straw and pinweed, the 

 seedy ends projecting, ten inches long, laid across the 

 mud foundation of the robin's nest, with a very slight 

 depression. Very loose and coarse material is artificially 

 disposed, without any lining or architecture. It was close 

 to a frequented path of the cemetery and within reach 

 of the hand. 



Dec. 30, 1860. Eben Conant's sons tell me that there 

 has been a turtle dove associating with their tame doves 

 and feeding in the yard from time to time for a fort- 

 night past. They saw it to-day. 



[See also under Passenger Pigeon, p. 113.] 



