Zenaidura carolinensis. (Mourning Dove.) the peach tree. It is merely a few sticks and straws. One egg was laid yesterday. The other pair have a nest on a shingle nailed on the beam of the board fence. The males did all the carrying in both cases. The females usually sitting on or near the nest. When choosing the nesting site the male would go to a likely place and squat down raising the tail and lowering the head. They then give a very short coo which seems to amount to just one note of the many given in the usual coo call, gently flap shaking the wing meanwhile. The females seem very gently and bowing to their mates. The males are very savage, carrying on a running fight most of the time, although sometimes standing their ground. They even attack the Barbary Turtle Doves. June 28, 1908. The pair which started to nest on the box in the peach tree had two eggs; one was broken; the other was deserted. They are now nesting in the lower part of the box on the foot, but have no eggs; again the male is carrying all the material, sticks and straws. The pair nesting on the shingle on the fence had one egg this morning, later a second was laid; the male is No. 20; the female is No. 72. July 12, 1908.