. 
Birds of Upper St, John. 
Batcheider. 
89. Sctopistes migratorius (Linn.) Sw. Wild Pigeon.— B reeding 
at Grand Falls, but not common. 
BuiiN.O.O, 7, July, 1882 , p.151 
Birds within Ten Miles of Point 
de Monts, Gan, Oomeau&Merriam 
75. Ectopistes migratorius. Wild Pigeon. — A rather rare and 
very irregular visitor. 
Bnli, N.0. 0, 7, Oct. 1882. P.238 
Perhaps no bird is more regretfully recalled by our older 
sportsmen than is the Wild Pigeon. The first inhabitants of this 
Province found this elegant and savory member of the Columbidai 
abundant everywhere. 
Their spring arrival usually occurred early in the month of May, 
and the bulk seldom made their autumnal exit until the middle 
of October. They constructed their simple nests in the branches 
of lofty trees, especially hemlocks, beneath whose foliage they 
found a grateful shade from the midday sun, and from which they 
seldom issued except at early dawn or at evening. In olden 
times their food was very abundant, and consisted chiefly of straw- 
berries, raspberries, and blueberries, which now-a-days are, un- 
accountably, found only in very meagre quantities, quite too 
limited to supply the vast flocks of Pigeons which formerly 
resorted here. This failure in their provisions appears to me the 
best reason to give for their withdrawal from this section, and is 
the same reason given by Audubon for their leaving some more 
southern localities. X 
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Last Dates Migratory Birds observed^ 
B. D. "W intle,FaU1885, Montreal, Can. 
Lif&J'vb . 15, Wild Pigeon. 
°' & O. xi. Mar. 1886. p. 
