. . , or from the roads or stock-yards. The principal and almost constant diet is weed seed,which constitutes sixty-four per cent, of the annual foodsupply. These seeds vary in size from the largest to the mostminute; some are so small as to seem beneath the notice of solarge a bird as the Dove. This useful bird should be protectedat all times in New England. Note. — A specimen of the little Ground Dove (Columhigallina passerinaterrestris) was taken by Dr. George Bird Grinnell in October, 1862, nearNew York City, and was identified b
. . , or from the roads or stock-yards. The principal and almost constant diet is weed seed,which constitutes sixty-four per cent, of the annual foodsupply. These seeds vary in size from the largest to the mostminute; some are so small as to seem beneath the notice of solarge a bird as the Dove. This useful bird should be protectedat all times in New England. Note. — A specimen of the little Ground Dove (Columhigallina passerinaterrestris) was taken by Dr. George Bird Grinnell in October, 1862, nearNew York City, and was identified by J. W. Audubon. Dr. Grinnell statesthat he saw another in New York possibly twelve years later. ^ So far as Iam aware this southern species has never been noted in New England. 1 Eaton, E, H.: Birds of New York, Memoir 12, New York State Museum, 1910, pp. 389,390. PART II. A History of the Game Birds and OtherBirds hunted for Food or Sport, WHICH HAVE been DRIVEN OUT OF massachusetts and adjacent States, or exterminated, SINCE THE Settlement OF THE PLATE XII. —GREAT probably an abundant sumnner resident on the New England coast; now extinct. Part II. SPECIES EXTINCT OR EXTIRPATED. Those species of Massachusetts birds which formerly wereimportant as a source of food supply, and which have becomeextinct since the settlement of the State, or which have beenextirpated within its borders since the Pilgrim fathers landedat Plymouth, are of primary importance in a work of thiskind, because the history of their extirpation will throw lighton the dangers that menace all birds which are killed for foodor sport. Naturalists regard a species as extinct only when it has dis-appeared from the earth; but a bird may be extirpated orrooted out from one State or country, while it still exists inothers. The history of the extinct species is here given first,and that of the extirpated species follow. Extinct Species. THE GREAT AUK (Plautus impennis).Common or local names: P
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