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Introduction
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ix
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I
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My Boyhood Among the Pigeons
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1
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II
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The Passenger Pigeon
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9
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III
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The Passenger Pigeon
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25
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IV
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As James Fenimore Cooper Saw It
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41
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V
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The Wild Pigeon of North America
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48
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VI
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The Passenger Pigeon
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60
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VII
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Netting the Pigeons
By William Brewster, in "The Auk"
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74
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VIII
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Efforts to Check the Slaughter
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77
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IX
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The Pigeon Butcher's Defense
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93
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X
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Notes on a Vanished Industry
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105
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XI
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Recollections of "Old Timers"
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119
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XII
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The Last of the Pigeons
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141
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XIII
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What Became of the Wild Pigeon?
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163
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XIV
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A Novel Theory of Extinction
By C. H. Ames and Robert Ridgway
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173
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XV
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News from John Burroughs
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179
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XVI
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The Pigeon in Manitoba
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186
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XVII
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The Passenger Pigeon in Confinement
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200
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XVIII
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Nesting Habits of the Passenger Pigeon
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209
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XIX
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Miscellaneous Notes
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217
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