Zenaidura raacroura . 
Concord, 
1887. 
Aug. 13. 
Mass. 
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Crossing a large field beyond Lee Davis's hill, I was a- 
bout entering the wood path that leads from it at the north- 
ern end when I heard a Carolina Dove utter a single low coo 
just ahead. I looked closely for him but in vain. Finally 
he flew from a pitch pine and following down the path alighted 
again almost immediately cooing again, this time giving the 
full succession of notes. What an impressive sound it is I 
quite the most thrilling that I know of when heard in some 
lonely spot such as this was. I listened for many minutes as 
the deep, solemn tones rose and died away on the still air a- 
gain and again. Finally the bird ceased calling and I walked 
cautiously forward when a pair of Doves suddenly shot away 
through the tress. I looked for their nest in the pitch pines 
whence they flew but found nothing. 
