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Table 6.~--Monthly Nesting Activity in the Mourning Dove 
Each month's activity is expressed here as a percentage of the season's total. Statistics for 
Alabama were read off from a graph and should be taken as approximations. . 


Alabama ennessee oma Lowa anada Texas 
Estimated Per cent of Per cent of Per cent of & VW. 5. Frequency of 
Month € of 592 235 122 81 nests Daily Per cent of Hatching Dates 
Functional Nests Broods Found Nesting 319 Young of Juvenile Birds 
Nests 1 Found Filedging in 1920 Activity Banded Bagged in 199 
March 3 5 Z o2/ 0.2 0.6 2 
April 10 20 5 12 2 0.9 3 
May 2h 21 21 30 16 16 18 
June 2h, 14 20 23 26 28 22 
July 18 20 18 19 23 25 30 
August 1, 20 18 12 20 22 21 
September 7 0.4 17 h 12 8 h 
October 1 ~ = 02/ 1.2 = 
Source Pearson Monk (19,9) Nice McClure U. S. Banding Swank 
and Moore (1923) (1942) Files (1950) 
(1939 | 
1/ estimated from a graph published by the authors 
2/ nests were found for these months during other years 
