N»te# ©n Some Winter Residents of 
. Hudson Valley. B.A.Mearns. 
19 . Ectopistes migratorius. Wild Pigeon. — Of unusual occur- 
rence in winter ; generally in very mild weather, when the ground is bare ; 
observed in the Highlands on several occasions. 
BuIUN.O.O. 4 , Jan., 1879 , p .37 
Birds of the Adirondack Region. 
C. H.Merriam. 
134. Ectopistes migratoria (Linn.) Swainspn. Pigeon. — Breeds 
plentifully some years and not found at all others. 
Bull N.O.C, e.Oct, 1881, P.233 
Dutcher, Rare Long Island Birds. 
Ectopistes migratorius. Passenger Pigeon. — There is but one spe- 
cimen in the collection ; it is without data. Col. Pike contributes the fol- 
lowing interesting note regarding the former abundance of this species and 
an old time recollection of shooting them within the present city limits of 
Brooklyn. “Near Second Place (now blocks of brown stone dwellings) 
there used to be a large, thickly-wooded hill ; at that time (1840) this was 
out of town, and there were very few houses between the City Hall and 
it. Sportsmen used to gather at this place to shoot Wild Pigeons. In 
crossing Long Island the Pigeons used to take this wooded hill in their 
flight, to rest before they crossed at the Narrows below. I have seen 
thousands there, and have killed a great many at that place. They have 
been gradually growing less since, and for the last fifteen years I have not 
seen a single individual on Long Island. Just fifteen years ago I was col- 
lecting at Flatlands and I shot one, the last I ever met; lam sorry I 
killed it. They are gradually becoming extinct everywhere, and in a 
few years they will be entirely wiped out.” 
Auk X, July, 1893 p 274. 
The Passenger Lewis County 
. Y -~* n th ® B° onv 'lle (N. Y.) ‘ Herald’ of May 27, 1896, appeared an 
I' 61 ? t0 f ‘w 6 ,! ^ that Mr - He nrjFelshaw had recently seen “a large 
flock of Wild Pigeons, perhaps 300 in number, flying westward ” On 
writing to Mr. Felshaw he replied that there was no possibility of his 
having been mistaken, as he had shot, trapped and netted thousands of 
these birds in former years, and the flock in question was seen when not 
more than fifteen rods distant. The flock, as said, numbered about too 
and was seen at about 5.30 a. m. on May 22, the locality being Constable- 
vi e, ewis County, N. \. He further states, “I mounted, last spring 
w" f Prl !,’ 1 t , h , lnk) a COck Pi S eon that was shot somewhere near North 
Western. — W. S. Johnson, Boonville, JV. Y. 
