. Nature study; birds . 74 1 am quite sure, Uncle George,that I saw two Mourning Doves to-da}/ said Dick one evening. Theyflew from the ground under the oldoak in the pasture; I could see thewhite outer feathers and the pointedtails as they fl§w away but I was notclose enough jrfnd they went too fastfor me to see the black spots on thesides of the head so as to make surethey were the doves. They probably were Mourningi luii, II uui Buih Doves, Dick. These birds, though,MOURNING DOVE are quite rare in Massachusetts, butare common in the Southern and Central States. Although they are much smalle
. Nature study; birds . 74 1 am quite sure, Uncle George,that I saw two Mourning Doves to-da}/ said Dick one evening. Theyflew from the ground under the oldoak in the pasture; I could see thewhite outer feathers and the pointedtails as they fl§w away but I was notclose enough jrfnd they went too fastfor me to see the black spots on thesides of the head so as to make surethey were the doves. They probably were Mourningi luii, II uui Buih Doves, Dick. These birds, though,MOURNING DOVE are quite rare in Massachusetts, butare common in the Southern and Central States. Although they are much smaller and quite different inplumage, they are verj frequently mistaken for the veryrare and jaerhaps extinct Passengeir Pigeons. As- you saw, today, their flight is \ery rapid and usual-ly erratic, that is not in a straight line. Probably, asthe}- were some distance from you, you did not hear thenoise of their wings; when several fly by you, you can hearquite a loud humming or whistling noise made by theirwings beating the
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