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they were. Newspaper reports claim the capture of three at 
Boscobel in 1872. A few birds have been introduced and 
escaped from captivity of late years about Koshkonong, and it 
is not an impossibility that genuine "wild" turkeys may yet be 
taken in Wisconsin. 
ORDER COLUHB^E: PIGEONS. 
FArilLY COLUHBID/E: PIGEONS. 
Ectopistes mii; i a tori us (Linn.). PASSENGER PIGEON 
The wild pigeon was an abundant migrant and summer 
resident in many parts of the state until the years 187Q-83. 
From that time to the present day the bird has been one of our 
rarest species. Mr. J. M. Blackford, now residing at Delavan, 
states that the last large catch of the netters was in 1882. The 
following spring but one hundred and thirty-eight dozen were 
taken in the best pigeon grounds in the state, and this was 
practically the end. Small flocks, pairs and solitary individuals 
have been reported from various parts of the state nearly every 
year since this time, however, and it is highly probable that a 
very few still nest in isolated pairs within its limits. Mr. J. N. 
Clark furnishes the following data for the past fifteen years in 
Dunn County: May 2, 1886, a nest containing one egg; June, 
1890, nest containing one young; April 20,1897, 3 seen,l taken; 
April 26, 1897, 3 seen; April 27, 1897, 2 seen; May 5, 1898, 1 
pair seen, last record. Several have been taken and more seen 
about Milton during the same period of years. The last record 
of capture for Delavan was an immature male, single bird, 
taken at Delavan Lake, September 8, 1S96. Mr. W. E. 
Snyder (1) reports but two records of the capture of pigeons at 
Beaver Dam in thirteen years. 
Zenaidura macroura (Linn.). MOURNING DOVE. 
Common summer resident. A few remain in southern 
Wisconsin through the winter, but the greater number arrive 
from the south about the first of April. In autumn the mourn- 
ing dove is to some extent gregarious and the most of them 
move southward during October. One of the birds that is little 
affected by civilization and has so changed its habits that it is 
1. Bulletin of Wis. Nat. His. Soc. II, 2, p. 110. 
