Zenaidura macroura 
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Hill, Concord, Mass. 
On the 21st I was following the wood, road which leads 
through these pines ( Benson' s 'pine kno 1 1 ) when I started a 
Dove from a very large and bushy white pine which stands in 
the opening south west of the Glacial Hollow. A dove reared 
a pair of young in a nest in a large cedar near this pine 
four or five years ago, and something in the manner with which 
this bird started led me to suspect that she flew from her 
nest but I could not see anything that looked it. To-day I 
flushed her again from the same tree and looking more care- 
fully discovered the nest placed on a stout branch directly 
against the main trunk about 15 ft. above the ground. I did 
not examine the nest. Soon after the bird left it a Dove, 
perhaps the same individual, began cooing in a peculiar manner 
in the woods just above the Glacial Hollow. I heard a Dove 
cooing near this nest on April 4th. 
(During the remainder of April I frequently visited this 
nest and always found the bird sitting. The last visit was 
on May 1st. She sat high and held her head and neck well up. 
She would usually fly if I stopped within twenty yards and 
put my glass on her. I did not examine the nest. ). 
