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taming eight eggs ; but I have frequently heard of them further south with ten to 

 fourteen eggs. Another brood was raised on a small rushy island in Brady creek, in 

 the eastern part of Concho county, the young running about June 1, 1833. (The Auk, 

 Vol. IV, 1887, p. 187.) 



311. Ortalis vetula maccalli Baircl. [469.] Chacltalaca. 



The Chachalaca is an inhabitant of northeastern Mexico and the 

 valley of the Lower Eio Grande in Texas, where it is abundant. 



313. Columba flavirostris Wagl. [457.] Bed-billed Pigeon. 



This large Pigeon inhabits Mexico and Central America, coming north 

 in summer to the Lower Eio Grande valley in Texas, where it breeds 

 plentifully. 



315. Ectopistes migratorius (Linn.). [459.] Passenger Pigeon. 



The Pigeon is irregular in all its movements, wandering both in winter 

 and summer in search of sufficient food to satisfy the hunger of its im- 

 mense hordes. Mr. Lloyd tells us that the Xueces canon, in southwestern 

 Texas, is the winter home of countless myriads of Pigeons, but for the 

 most part it is not a common species in the West. It winters usually 

 from latitude 37° and always from latitude 36° southward, though I am 

 confident that not a bird wintered within 20 miles of Caddo, Ind. Ter., in 

 the winter of 1883- 7 84, and most of the local gunners claim that it never 

 occurs in that part of the Territory. I never saw it there either in fall, 

 winter, or spring. 



In the spring of 1884 its northward journey commenced about the 

 middle of March, and by March 16, stations here and there had noticed 

 it up to latitude 42°. It was found about the forty-fourth parallel 

 March 23, and reached Elk Eiver, Minn, (latitude 45° 25'), March 29. 

 The storms of April evidently delayed its progress, as it was not re- 

 ported from Barton, Dak., until May 4, and did not reach Oak Point, 

 Manitoba, until May 20. The bulk was reported from Portage la Prairie, 

 Manitoba, May 12, a few having been seen previously. On May 21 

 fresh eggs were found. 



In the fall of 1884 the bulk of Passenger Pigeons departed from 

 Williamstown, Iowa, September 15, and the last was seen there Sep- 

 tember 27. At Mount Carmel, Mo., the first migrant was seen Septem- 

 ber 9, and the last September 21. 



In the spring of 1885 the northward movement began somewhat 

 later than in 1884. The only records made previous to April 1 were : 

 Hennepin, 111., March 26, and Milwaukee, Wis., March 31. During the 

 first half of April migration was rapid though irregular, and April 18 

 the first arrived at Ossowo, Manitoba. In the fall of 1885 the first 

 appeared at Saint Louis, Mo., September 19 ; Mount Carmel, Mo., Sep- 

 tember 27 ; and at Shawn eetown, 111., October 3. The last at Elk Eiver, 

 Minn., was recorded September 26, and at Mount Carmel, September 30. 



This Pigeon is a common summer resident in Manitoba (Seton). 



