A sick mourning dove (Zenaidura macroura) collected in Maryland with 2 lead shots in the gizzard showed acid-fast intranuclear inclusion bodies in the kidney tubular cells. The liver and the tibia contained 72 ppm and 187 ppm lead (wet weight) respectively. Four gizzards from 62 doves killed by hunters con-tained lead shot. The lead content of 43 dove livers ranged from 0.4[long dash]14.0 ppm (wet weight); 40 of these doves were collected by hunters, and the other 3 were dying of trichomoniasis.