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(Letter from Seaoph Walt cm *. ) Haddonf ield . New Jersey, YVr*A*?i 
Since my last to you I have had further communication with 
a gentleman who has interested himself in the subject of the pres- 
ent whereabouts and history of the Wild Pigeon, 
One of his correspondence Mr, Caleb S* Cope of West Chester 
Pa, informed him that he had seen , in company with his son, sever- 
al large flocks of Ectopistes migratoria in Washington Territory, 
I immediately wrote him-Mr. Cope- and received on different 
occasions two letters, the first giving proofs uf his correct 
identification of the species ; and the second a description of the 
locality with dates of observation and notes on the movements and 
number of the flocks observed, I find Mr, Copeis a shrewd and 
observant f but rather uneducated lover of nature. I will enclose 
hisfirst letter and think that you will agree with me that his 
identification is correct. The remaining facts are these, viz- 
"There were numerous flocks of from 800 to 300 in a flock (my son 
George corroborated this statement) and it is my (Mr. Copes) opin- 
ion that whilst passing over in their northern route, these flocks 
had been attracted from their aerial journey by the boundless 
pasture fields that opened to tiieir view; as all their movements 
seemed to indicate that they 'were but transient visitors". "These 
observations" Mr, Cope continues, "were made in the Spring-Probably 
May- of 1877 on the prairies, which were red with the most delic- 
ious wild strawberries, in an almost uninhabited region 14 miles 
east of Puget’s Sound in Washington Territory". 
I judge that the foregoing is the extent of Mr. Cope's exper- 
iences with E, Migratoria and^so far as^it goes helps to support 
