ter storms and natural enemies, but against the combined assault of
man, dog, and gun, he cannot successfully contend.

About a dozen buff-olive eggs are laid on the ground in April or early
May.

HEATH HEN

_Tympanuchus cupido_

This is a close relative of the Prairie Hen, having the black neck-tuft
of less than ten feathers with pointed, not rounded, ends. It is now
found only on the Island of Martha's Vineyard, but formerly inhabited
plains or barrens, locally, from New Jersey to Massachusetts. It nests
in June.

TURKEYS. FAMILY MELEAGRIDAE

WILD TURKEY

_Meleagris gallopavo silvestris_

The Wild Turkey was formerly found as far north as
Maine and Ontario but it is unknown now north of
central Pennsylvania. South of Maryland it is not
uncommon locally.

_Range._ Kansas and central Pennsylvania to the
Gulf coast, and northern Florida. Non-migratory.

Washington, rare P.R.

Our domestic Turkey is descended from the Mexican Wild Turkey and like
that race has the upper tail-coverts and tail tipped with whitish,
whereas in our eastern Wild Turkey these tips are chestnut. The nest is
on the ground and 10-14 eggs, pale cream-color finely speckled with
brownish, are laid in April.

The Florida Wild Turkey (_M. g. osceola_), of southern Florida, is
smaller and the white bars on the primaries are narrower and more
broken.

PIGEONS AND DOVES. ORDER COLUMBAE

PIGEONS AND DOVES. FAMILY COLUMBIDAE

MOURNING DOVE

_Zenaidura macroura carolinensis. Case 3, Fig. 3; Case 5, Fig. 11_

Except the southern little Ground Dove, this is
our only Dove. Its long, pointed tail and the
swift, darting flight are its field characters. It
is often mistaken for the Wild or Passenger
Pigeon, now extinct. The two birds differ in size
and in color, but size is a matter of distance,
and color, of comparison, so it seems probable
that as long as there is a possibility of seeing a
Passenger Pigeon, Mourning Doves will be mistaken
for them. L. 11-3/4. The Wild Pigeon is about five
inches longer.

_Range._ North America. In a railway journey from
the Atlantic to the Pacific one may expect to see
the Dove daily. Winters from Virginia southward,
migrating northward in March.

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