Newspaper results for passenger pigeon
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Daily National Intelligencer — 1835-05-22, page 2
… condemns as incorrect. He assails with great severity Audubon’s account of the passenger pigeon. Mr. A. as serts that he has seen “many trees two feet in diame ter” broken off …
Daily National Intelligencer — 1835-06-26, page 2
… condemns as incorrect. He assails with great severity Audubon’s account of the passenger pigeon. Mr. Au dubon asserts ‘that he has ssen many trees two feet in diameter broken …
… Editorsays, He [Waterion] assails with great severity Audubon’s account of the Passenger-Pigeon. Mr. Audubon asserts that ‘he has seen many trees two feet in diameter, broken …
Evening Star — 1880-10-16, page 7
… swailo * is slower-'.*" miles per hour being about the limLs of Its powers; but the passenger pigeon of the i nlted states can ackwinpiish a journey of l.<xx? miles between sunrise …
The National Tribune — 1888-05-24, page 7
… as I believe it will the most of the readers of this, the common wild pigeon " passenger pigeon "that was so plentiful only so few years ago that I Mtpftesed they still existed …
Evening Star — 1890-11-15, page 12
… they make such pretty mark for a gun. | PASSENGER PIGEONS. while ago the so-called passenger pigeon" | flew by millions in the Ohio valley as far east as Massachusetts. Now but very …
Evening Star — 1899-03-18, page 16
… to be spread broadcast throughout the country, to the efTect that the ordinary passenger pigeon of birdology was, for some Inexplicable reason or oth?rr dying out so rapidly that …
The Evening Times — 1899-11-04, page 2
… - ! ton of the turkey buzzard is a mena-e to ! the health of the country. ! The passenger pigeon, millions OF which were to be seen fifteen years ago. is now almost gone. The Carolina …
The Evening Times — 1899-11-04, page 3
… destruc tion of the turkey buzzard is a mena.e to the health of the country The passenger pigeon millions of whi:h were to be seen fifteen years ago. Is now almost gone. The Carolina …
Evening Star — 1901-02-25, page 12
… must have retarded the ordinary processes of digestion. Placing the flight of the passenger pigeon at fifty miles an hour, authority is found for the following comparative table: …
The Evening Times — 1901-04-06, page 5
… nocertalnt nocertainty certainty certalnt that they fly more rapidly than thina thana a passenger pigeon or that they do not notfly notfi nottb fly fi at night or do not sleep on the water …
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