PIGEONS 
315. Passenger Pigeon. 
Ectopistes migratorius. 
Range. — Formerly, North America east of the 
Rockies; casually seen in the upper Missis- 
sippi Valley, now extinct. 
A handsome species (see frontispiece) with 
ruddy underparts, grayish upperparts and a 
long graduated 
tail. This species 
^ years ago found 
in docks of thous- 
ands or millions, 
is now practical- 
ly exterminated, 
chiedy by being 
hunted and trap- 
ped. A few pairs 
probably now nest 
Whit in the interior, 
from northern 
United States to Hudson Bay. Their nests are 
very rude, frail platforms of twigs, on which 
two white eggs are laid, they being longer and 
narrower, comparatively, than those of other species. Size of eggs, 1.50 x 1.02. 
Data. — Southwest shore of Lake Manitoba, June 1, 1891. Nest of twigs in an 
aspen tree. 
Passenger Pigeon 
31 6. Mourning Dove. Zenaidura macroura carolinensis. 
Range. — North America from New England, Manitoba and British Columbia, 
southward. 
Mourning Dove 
Now that the Pas- 
senger Pigeon has 
disappeared, this 
species becomes the 
only one found in 
the east, with the ex- 
ception of the little 
Ground Dove in the 
South Atlantic and 
Gulf States. While, 
sometimes, small docks of them nest in a com- 
munity, they generally nest in companies of 
two or three pairs. Their nests are generally 
at a low elevation, in trees, bushes and often 
upon the ground. Their nests are made en- 
tirely of twigs and rootlets, and eggs may be 
found from early in April until the latter part 
of September, as they often raise two or three 
broods a season. The two eggs are white. 
Size 1.15 x .80. Data. — Refugio Co., Texas, May 
3, 1899. Two eggs laid on the ground in a 
slight cradle of twigs. Collector, James J. 
Carroll. 
White 
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