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The Search for the Passenger Pigeon Continues Amid False Alarms
The article recounts offers of 400 dollars for a nesting pair of passenger pigeons with undisturbed nests, notes repeated false sightings mistaken for the bird, and records from Ruthven Deane and Theodore Roosevelt as prominent figures in the ongoing hunt. It highlights ongoing public interest, historical counts by Wright and Audubon, and stories of pigeons appearing in Michigan Oklahoma Wisconsin and elsewhere without proof of true descendants of the species.
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Biological Survey
Washington
United States
Mexico
South America
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American Ornithologists’ Union
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Clifton R. Hodge
Clark University
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Professor Whitman
University of Chicago
Michigan
Winols Audubon Society
Morthers Michien
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Union
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Pamenger
Lake Shore
Theodore Hoosevelt
Mr. Noosevelt
Roosevelt Wes
Virginia
Pine Knot
Roosevelt
Burroughs
New York
Upper Michigan
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American Ornithologists' Union
Albert Hazen Wright
John James Audubon
Mr. Wright
Audubon
America
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Cayuga Lake
New York State
Arven
St. Lawrence
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